Contents 



CONTRIBUTORS AND REVIEWERS ; xi 



INTRODUCTION xv 



HANDBOOK OF RESPIRATION 1-383 



I. BASIC PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DATA 



1. Absolute Lung Volumes, Definitions and Conversions: ATPS, BTPS, and STPD 

 Conditions (Graph) 1 



2. Factors for Conversion of Gas Volumes from ATPS to BTPS Conditions 2 



3. Temperature at Various Altitudes 2 



4. Altitude vs Atmospheric Pressure, O2 Partial Pressure, and Air Density 2 



5. Characteristics of Respiratory Media 3 



6. Characteristics of Respiratory Molecules 3 



7. Composition and Partial Pressure of Respiratory Gases: Man 4 



8. Pressure- Depth Gradient in the Sea 4 



9. Pressure Equivalents 4 



10. Partition Coefficients of Various Gases at 37-38°C 5 



1 1 . Depression of O2 and CO2 Solubility by Various Salts in Water 5 



12. Solubility Coefficients: Gases 6 



Part I: In Water at Various Temperatures 6 



Part 11: O2 and CO2 in Physiological Fluids at Various Temperatures 7 



Part III: In Various Fluids and Tissues 8 



13. Diffusion Coefficients and Permeation Coefficients 10 



Part I: O^ and CO2 in Various Fluids and Tissues 10 



Part II: Various Gases Relative to O^ as Unity 11 



14. Diffusion Coefficients: Gases in Water at Various Temperatures 11 



II. BASIC RESPIRATORY ANATOMY 



15. Development of the Respiratory System: Man 12 



16. The Respiratory System: Man (Schematic Drawings) 14 



17. Bronchopulmonary Segments: Man (Schematic Drawings) 15 



18. Lung Weight: Man 16 



19. Lung Weight Increments during First Year: Man (Graph) 16 



20. Lung Weight and Volume Increments during First Year: Man (Graph) 17 



21. Dimensions of Tracheobronchial Tree: Man, Adult 17 



22. Diameter of Respiratory Alveoli: Man 17 



23. Length of Bronchi: Man 18 



24. Diameter of Trachea and Bronchi; Man 18 



25. Dimensions of Trachea: Man 19 



26. Diameter of Sinuses: Man 19 



27. Lung Weight Relationships: Laboratory Mammals 20 



Part I: Lung Lobes (Schematic Drawings) 20 



Part II: Body Weight vs Lung Weight 21 



Part 111: Lung Lobe Weight Relationships 21 



28. Limg Weight: Vertebrates 22 



Part I: Mammals 22 



Part II: Birds 25 



Part III: Reptiles 26 



Part IV: Amphibians 26 



III. LUNG VOLUMES AND PULMONARY FUNCTION 



29. Subdivisions of Lung Volume: Man 27 



Part I: Diagram 27 



Part II: Standardized Terms vs Some Previous Terms 27 



30. Prediction Formulas and Some Normal Values in Pulmonary Physiology: Man. . . 28 



Part I: Lung Volumes 28 



Part II: Basal Respiratory Functions 28 



Part III: Exercise and Maximal Ventilation; Intrapulmonary Mixing 29 



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