MINUTE VOLUME (concluded) 



effect of pregnancy, 40 



during hyperventilation, 157, 263 



in infants, 42 

 MITOCHONDRIA 



cytochrome system of, 126*- 127* 



pigments of, 124 

 MOLECULES, RESPIRATORY: characteristics. 

 MOUTH-TO-MOUTH METHOD, artificial 

 respiration, 141, 142 



NARES, 12 



NASAL EPITHELIUM. 12 



NASAL- LACRIMAL DUCT. 12 



NEON, partition coefficients, 5 



NEWBORN (See INFANT(S)) 



NITROGEN 



in alveolar air, 29 



in blood, 56 



composition and partial pressure in respiratory air, 4 



diffusion coefficients, 11 



in expired air, 266 



exposure, effect on respiratory rate, tidal and minute 

 volumes, 151 



molecule, respiratory: characteristics, 3 



partition coefficients, 5 



permeation coefficients, 11 



respiratory dead space for, 49 



in respiratory media, 3 



solubility coefficients, 6, 8, 9, 56 



washout, pulmonary, 171* 

 NITROUS OXIDE 



diffusion coefficients, 11 



partition coefficients, 5 



respiratory action, 201, 250 



solubility coefficients, 8, 9 

 NOMOGRAMS 



for calculating body surface area, 388, 389 



for estimating tidal volume in tank respirator 

 settings, 140 



serum pK' for given temperature and pH (mammals), 63 

 NOSE, 12, 14* 



OXYGEN 



consumption (See OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) 



depression of solubility by various salts. 5 



diffusing capacity, lungs, during pulmonary fibrosis. 268 



diffusion coefficients. 10. 11 



diffusion of lungs. 52 



effect of breathing various concentrations (mammals). 

 167-170 



In expired air. 44. 285 



inhalation during decompression (dog). 175. 176* 



molecule, respiratory: characteristics. 3 



permeation coefficients. 10, 11 



in respiratory gases. 3. 4, 285 



solubility coefficients. 6-9. 56 



uptake (See OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) 

 OXYGEN (ALVEOLAR) 



at altitude, 151-155 



before and after apnea. 263 



effect of added dead space. 266 



effect of added resistance. 266 



effect of breathing various concentrations. 174 



effect of combined anoxia and hypercapnia. 1 58. 1 59* 



effect of exercise. 155, 263-265 



OXYGEN (ALVEOLAR) (concluded) 

 pressure. 44. 392 



in pulmonary capillaries. 53* 



during pulmonary fibrosis. 268 

 respiratory dead space for. 49 

 OXYGEN (BLOOD), 56. 57. 392 

 at altitude. 151-155 



A-V differences (mammals), 56, 58, 175, 314 

 breathing CO2 concentrations, 163, 164 

 breathing O2 concentrations, 169. 170 

 capacity during pregnancy, 82, 83 

 dissociation (See OXYGEN DISSOCIATION (BLOOD)) 

 effect of decompression (dog), 175 

 pressure, 56, 57, 392 



at altitude, 156 



vs blood O2 saturation (mammals), 66*, 72, 73*-75*, 

 77*-81*, 85* 



breathing various O^ concentrations. 169. 170 



in cerebral respiration (dog). 313 



effect of exercise, 156 



fetal and maternal blood, 83 



in pulmonary capillaries, 53* 



during pulmonary fibrosis, 268 



and temperature changes (mammals), 62*, 72, 73*, 

 75* 



values for constructing O2 dissociation curves, 66 

 saturation (See also ACID BASE) 



at altitude, 151-155 



curves (mammals), 66*, 74*, 75*. 77*-81*, 85* 



definition, 66, 7 6 



effect of anoxia (mammals), 152-155, 157, 314 



effect of decompression (dog), 175 



effect of exercise, 155 



in fetus (mammals), 82, 83, 85* 



line charts, 72, 73 



vs O2 pressure (mammals), 66*, 72, 73*-75*, 

 77*-81*, 85* 



vs pH, 74* 



during pregnancy, 82, 83 



in pulmonary fibrosis, 268 



vs temperature, 72, 73*, 75* 

 OXYGEN CONSUMPTION, 28, 45, 392 

 at altitude, 151-153, 155 



animal organisms (helminths, 276, 277); (inverte- 

 brates), 278-280; (mammals), 283-285; (protozoa), 

 275, 276; (vertebrates other than mammals), 

 281-283 

 animal tissues 



blood-formed elements, 286, 287 



blood vessels, 286, 287 



brain (vertebrates), 294, 295, 312 



effect of K+, 308-310 



epithelium, 287, 288 



fetal tissues (chick), 300-302; (frogs), 303, 304; 



(guinea pig), 300; (killifish), 307; (newt), 305; (rat), 

 299, 300; (salamanders), 305, 306; (salmon), 307; 

 (sheep), 299; (snake), 302 



gland tissues, 288, 289 



liver, 290, 291 



lung, 291 



lymph nodes, 286, 287 



marrow, iSb, 287 



muscle tissues, 291, 292 



neoplasms, 293 



nerve tissues, 294-296 



placental tissues, 298 



reproductive tissues, 297, 298 



spleen, 286, 287 



thymus, 286, 287 

 effect of drugs (mammals), 178-199 



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