INDEX 



1775 



Progressive systemic sclerosis: see Sclero- 

 derma 

 Pro-PF/IPF system 



definition, 1061 

 Prostigmin 



uterine bleeding and, 1599 

 Protein 



absorption 



and metabolism of, 1 1 7 1 

 from interstitial fluid, 983 

 circulation of, 986 

 circulation in lymph, 982, 987 

 concentration, osmotic pressure and, 



975 

 estimates of molecular weight, 973 

 exchangeable mass of interstitial fluid, 



984 

 hepatic blood flow and, 1429 

 in extracapillary fluids, 982 

 in interstitial fluid, 984 

 in lymph, 985 



leakage, infusions and, 1043 -1044 

 osmotic pressure, capillary blood pres- 

 sure and, 991 

 passage through capillary wall, 986 

 rate of 



lymph circulation, 987 



movement from blood, 1 044-1 045 

 Proteinuria 



postural, lymph flow and, 1057 

 Psychic stimulation 



venoconstrictor responses, 1094 

 Pulmonary arterial pressure 

 acute 



left heart failure and, 1 120 



right heart failure and, 1 121 

 age and, 1686 

 altitude and, 1720 

 blood flow and, 1696 

 exercise and, 1695 

 flow-pressure relationships 



in exercise and, 1701 



transmural pressures, 1701 

 hydrostatic reference level, 1685 

 hypertension, 1727 

 hypoxia and, 1053, 1 71 8, 1725 

 in disease, 17 10 

 in man, 1697 

 in neonatal period, 1641 

 lactic acid and, 1722 

 luminal pressure, 1688 

 primary pulmonary hypertension and, 



1724 

 mean values, 1686 

 norepinephrine, 1725 

 recording, 1685 

 transmural pressures, 1688 

 values for low oxygen saturation, 1 7 1 8 

 Valsalva maneuver and, 1 7 12 

 vascular resistance and, 1699 

 Pulmonary artery 



acetylcholine and, 1 700 



creep in, 805 



occlusion, pressure changes, 1689 

 pressure pulse compared to aorta, 1686 

 stretch curve of, 805 

 wall, inertance and resistance in, 843 

 Pulmonary bed 



capillary pulsatile flow in, 856 

 Pulmonary blood flow 

 acetylcholine and, 1 726 

 acute acidosis and, 1722 

 acute hypercapnia, 17 18, 1721 

 alveolar-capillary 



gas exchange, 167 1 



interface, 1676 

 alveolar gas analysis, 1683 

 analytical determinations, 1670 

 anesthetics and, 1673 

 appearance time, 1 708 

 arterial pressure and, 1696 

 arteriovenous 



oxygen difference, 1714, 1 7 1 5 



pressure gradient, 1687 



shunts, indicator dilution curves in, 



1729 

 as a filter, 1668 

 as a reservoir, 1668 

 blood vessels, 1674 

 bradycardia and, 17 16 

 capillary 



blood volume, 1705 



Fick method, 1703 



flow rate, 1702, 1703, 1706 



gas exchange in, 1706 



pneumocardiographic recording, 

 1704 



plethysmography recording, 1704 



pressure, 1702 



Stewart-Hamilton methods, 1703 

 changes at birth, 1641 

 chronic hypoxia and, 1720 

 circulation time, 1708 

 comparative physiology of, 167 1 

 critical closing pressure, 1701 

 critical opening pressures, 1701 

 distribution pattern in lung, 1 681 -1682 

 drugs and, 1724, 1725 

 during expiration, 1709 

 during inspiration, 1709 

 epinephrine and, 1725 

 excitement and, 1681 

 exercise and, i6gg, 1 714 

 experimental studies, 1673 

 Fick principle, 17 14 

 flow-pressure curves, 1 700 

 forced expiration and, 1 7 1 3 

 functional anatomy, 1673 

 gravity effects, 1683 

 heart rate and, 1716 

 high altitude and, 1720 

 high Oj content, 1721 

 hypertension and, 1 727 

 in individual lungs, 1701 



in man, 1697 



in spontaneous breathing, 1709 



inspired air distribution, 1683 



intrapulmonary 



baroreceptors, 1683 



inflation, 1710 

 in vessels, excluding organs, 1293 

 intrathoracic pressure, 1709 

 hypoxia and, 1699, 1718, 1720 

 kinetic energy, 1702 

 left ventricle and, 1 293 

 luminal pressure in, 1709, 1710 

 lung inflation and, 17 10 

 measurement of, 1714 

 negative (pleural) pressure inflation 



and, 1 7 1 o 

 non-Newtonian fluid, 1697 

 normal values, 1681 

 oxygen uptake, 17 14 

 plethysmography, 1704 

 positive pressure inflation, 17 10 

 potential energy, 1702 

 pressure-volume characteristics, 1696 

 prolonged expiration and, 17 12 

 pulmonary 



artery occlusion, 1 7 1 3 



efficiency, 1683 

 pulse-wave velocity, 1 707 

 reflex activity and, 1723 

 respiration, 1 709 

 respiratory 



acidosis, 1722 



gases, 1 718 



gas exchange, 17 14 

 right ventricular ejection pulse and, 855 

 species difference, 1673 

 Stewart-Hamilton method, 1703, 1714 

 thoracic aorta, 1293 

 "tight" mitral stenosis, 1716 

 transmural pressure, 1699, 1701, 1709, 



1710 

 types of reflexes, 1723 

 values for, 1681-1685, 1714 

 valves of, 1 70 1 

 valvular insufficiency, 1 73 1 

 vascular pressures, 17 15 

 vascular resistance, 1697, 17 16 

 venous admixture, 1 680 

 wedge pressures, 1687 

 Pulmonary blood vessels 

 arteries 



as end arteries, 1675 



distribution, 1675 



pulse control, 1686 



pulse -wave velocity, 1697 

 arteriovenous fistula, 1730 

 capacity, 1696 

 capillaries 



distensibility of, 1705 



resistance in, 1705 



smooth muscle, 1675 



structure of, 1675 



