The Comparative Physiology of Respiratory Mechanisms 9781512817409

August Krogh, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Biology, was one of the twentieth-century's great physiologists. This

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Table of contents :
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I THE CALL FOR OXYGEN
II THE ACCESS TO OXYGEN
III THE FORCES ACTING IN THE TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN (AND C02) THROUGH LIVING TISSUES
IV RESPIRATION IN WATER
ν EMERGENCY RESPIRATION THE TRANSITION TO AIR-BREATHING
VI RESPIRATION IN AIR
VII THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD
VIII TRACHEAL RESPIRATION
IX CONCLUDING REMARKS
LIST OF REFERENCES
LIST OF ANIMALS

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