Learning and Teaching Tools for Basic and Clinical Respiratory Physiology

• Main Authors: Mah, Kin Kheong (Author), Cheng, Hwee Ming (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

This volume synthesizes pathways in respiratory mechanics and the dynamics of air-blood and blood-cellular gas exchange for students and teachers in respiratory physiology. The authors strive to make physiology fun to learn. This aspect of knowledge acquisition is reflected in the way topics are app...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1:Respiration Essentials Revisited
• 1. Mechanics of Respiration
• 2. Diffusion, Blood O2, CO2 Content and Transport
• 3. Regulation of Respiration
• 4. Respiratory Physiological Integration
• Section 2: Learning Scenarios
• 5. Mechanics of Respiration
• 6. Oxygen Cascade and Blood O2 Content and Transport
• 7. Regulation of Respiration
• 8. Respiratory Physiology in Hostile Environment.