ARM- LIFT METHOD, artificial respiration, 141. 142 

 ARTERIAL BLOOD (See ACID BASE; BLOOD; BLOOD 



GAS(ES); specific blood gases) 

 ARTERIO-VENOUS DIFFERENCES 



effect of decompression (dog). 175 



for gases (mammals). 56. 58, 314 



for glucose. 59. 61 



for lactate, 59. 60 



for pyruvate. 59 

 ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. 141. 142 

 ASBESTOSIS. 268. 270 

 ASTHMA 



and pulmonary compliance. 137 



and respiratory dead space. 51 

 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, at altitude. 2 

 ATPS. definition, 1. 2 



BASAL RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS 



vs age, 44. 45 



prediction formulas and normal values. 28. 29 

 BASE, definition. 95 



BAUXITE FUME PNEUMOCONIOSIS. 270 

 BERYLLIOSIS, chronic, 270 

 BERYLLIUM GRANULOMATOSIS, 268 

 BICARBONATE, in acid-base imbalance, 96*. 97 

 BILADIENES. 120, 121 

 BILADIENONES. 122 

 BILANES, 119 

 BILATRIENES, 122 

 BILENEDIONES, 122 

 BILENES. 120 

 BILIRUBINOIDS. 118-123 

 BLOOD 



acid-base balance and imbalance (See ACID BASE) 



A-V differences (See ARTERIO-VENOUS 

 DIFFERENCES) 



CO2 (See BLOOD GAS(ES); CARBON DIOXIDE) 



erythrocyte values. 99-107 (See also 

 ERYTHROCYTE(S) 



fetal (See OXYGEN DISSOCIATION) 



glucose, 59, 61 



H2CO3 dissociation 



constants (mammals), 63 

 formula, 86 

 lactate, 59, 60 



hemoglobin values, 99-107 (See also HEMOGLOBIN) 



maternal (See OXYGEN DISSOCIATION) 



O2 (See BLOOD GAS(ES); OXYGEN) 



O2 dissociation (See OXYGEN DISSOCIATION) 



pyruvate. 59 



in relation to cerebral respiration (dog). 313, 314 



umbilical, 82, 83 

 BLOOD GAS(ES) (See also specific gases) 



in acid-base balance and imbalance (See ACID BASE; 

 specific gases) 



at altitude, 151-156 



comparisons, 57 



composition of transported gases, 4 



during decompression (dog), 175, 176 



effect of anoxia, 152-157 



effect of drugs (mammals). 178-199 



effect of exercise. 155 



at increased atmospheric pressures (mammals). 

 172, 174 



in newborn and adult man, 57 



in pulmonary capillaries, 53* 



during pulmonary fibrosis. 268 



pressure (See specific gases) 



BLOOD GAS(ES) (concluded) 



in relation to cerebral respiration (dog). 313. 314 



saturation (See OXYGEN) 



and temperature changes (mammals), 62*. 63*. 72. 

 73*. 75* 



in umbilical blood, 82, 83 



variables, factors, and constants, 56 

 BLOOD pH, 88-94, 96*, 97, 98* 



in acid- base balance and imbalance (See ACID BASE) 



breathing CO2 concentrations. 163. 164 



in calculating serum pK' (mammals). 63* 



effect of anoxia (dog). 157 



effect of hyperventilation, 157 



at increased atmospheric pressures (mammals), 

 172. 173 



O2 dissociation curves at various levels of, 7 4* 



values for constructing O2 dissociation curves 

 (invertebrates), 70, 71; (vertebrates). 66-70 

 BLOOD PRESSURE 



breathing O2 at increased atmospheric pressures. 174 



during decompression (dog). 175-177 



under various conditions (mammals). 54, 55 

 BODY SURFACE AREA (See SURFACE AREA) 

 BODY TEMPERATURE (See TEMPERATURE) 

 BODY WEIGHT (See WEIGHT) 

 BOHR EQUATION. 391 

 BREATHHOLDING 



effect on alveolar air, 263 



effect on respiratory dead space, 48, 49 

 BREATHING (See also RESPIRATORY RATE; 

 VENTILATION) 



depth of (See TIDAL VOLUME) 



mechanics of, 130-139 

 BRONCHI. 12. 14*. 17. 18 



drugs acting on, 202-252 (See also DRUGS, effects of, 

 178-252) 

 BRONCHIOLES, 14*, 17 



BRONCHIOLO- RESPIRATORY REFLEX, 139 

 BRONCHOPULMONARY SEGMENTS, 15* 

 BTPS. definition, 1 , 2 



BUFFER BASE, in acid-base balance and imbalance. 86, 

 88. 90-92, 95, 96*-98* (See also ACID BASE) 



definition, 95 



formula, 86 



CAPILLARIES. PULMONARY. O2 diffusion, 53* 

 CAPILLARY BLOOD 



composition of transported gases in, 4 



summary of values, 392 

 CARBON DIOXIDE 



composition and partial pressure in respiratory 

 gases, 4 



consumption (plants), 316-383 (See also RESPIRATION 

 RATES) 



depression of solubility by various salts, 5 



diffusion coefficients, 10, 11 



effect of breathing various concentrations on respired 

 air, 265 



in expired air, 44 



molecule, respiratory: characteristics, 3 



permeation coefficients, 10. 11 



production equation. 390 



production at increased ambient pressure, 174 



in respiratory media. 3 



solubility coefficients. 6-9. 56 



survival time, breathing concentrations of (mouse), 

 165, 166 



396 



