The Respiratory System (The Human Body)

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Author(s): Kara Rogers
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 234

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
THE DESIGN OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 20
THE NOSE......Page 22
THE PHARYNX......Page 25
MORPHOLOGY OF THE LOWER AIRWAYS......Page 26
THE LARYNX......Page 27
THE TRACHEA AND THE STEM BRONCHI......Page 29
STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE AIRWAY TREE......Page 30
GROSS ANATOMY......Page 32
THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES......Page 34
THE GAS-EXCHANGE REGION......Page 35
BLOOD VESSELS, LYMPHATIC VESSELS, AND NERVES......Page 37
LUNG DEVELOPMENT......Page 39
CONTROL OF BREATHING......Page 42
CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OF RESPIRATORY NEURONS......Page 45
PERIPHERAL CHEMORECEPTORS......Page 47
CENTRAL CHEMORECEPTORS......Page 49
MUSCLE AND LUNG RECEPTORS......Page 50
VARIATIONS IN BREATHING......Page 51
EXERCISE......Page 52
SLEEP......Page 53
THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING......Page 54
THE LUNG–CHEST SYSTEM......Page 56
THE ROLE OF MUSCLES......Page 57
THE RESPIRATORY PUMP AND ITS PERFORMANCE......Page 58
GAS EXCHANGE......Page 61
TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN......Page 64
TRANSPORT OF CARBON DIOXIDE......Page 66
GAS EXCHANGE IN THE LUNG......Page 69
ABNORMAL GAS EXCHANGE......Page 70
INTERPLAY OF RESPIRATION, CIRCULATION, AND METABOLISM......Page 74
ADAPTATIONS......Page 79
HIGH ALTITUDES......Page 80
SWIMMING AND DIVING......Page 82
CHAPTER 4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 88
COMMON COLD......Page 89
PHARYNGITIS......Page 92
SINUSITIS......Page 93
TONSILLITIS......Page 95
LARYNGITIS......Page 96
TRACHEITIS......Page 97
CROUP......Page 99
INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS......Page 100
BRONCHIOLITIS......Page 101
INFLUENZA......Page 103
WHOOPING COUGH......Page 106
PSITTACOSIS......Page 108
PNEUMONIA......Page 109
LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE......Page 114
TUBERCULOSIS......Page 115
DISEASES OF THE UPPER AIRWAY......Page 123
SNORING......Page 124
SLEEP APNEA......Page 125
DISEASES OF THE PLEURA......Page 127
PLEURAL EFFUSION AND THORACIC EMPYEMA......Page 128
PNEUMOTHORAX......Page 130
BRONCHIECTASIS......Page 131
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS......Page 132
PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA......Page 134
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE......Page 137
LUNG CONGESTION......Page 139
ATELECTASIS......Page 142
LUNG INFARCTION......Page 145
CYSTIC FIBROSIS......Page 146
SARCOIDOSIS AND EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA......Page 150
PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS......Page 151
IMMUNOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE LUNG......Page 152
LUNG CANCER......Page 153
DISEASES OF THE MEDIASTINUM AND DIAPHRAGM......Page 157
ALLERGIC LUNG DISEASES......Page 160
ASTHMA......Page 161
HAY FEVER......Page 165
HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS......Page 167
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE......Page 168
SILICOSIS......Page 170
BLACK LUNG......Page 171
ASBESTOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA......Page 172
RESPIRATORY TOXICITY OF GLASS AND METAL FIBRES......Page 174
BYSSINOSIS......Page 175
RESPIRATORY TOXICITY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS......Page 176
DISABILITY AND ATTRIBUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES......Page 177
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS......Page 178
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME......Page 180
AIR POLLUTION......Page 181
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING......Page 184
ALKALOSIS AND HYPERVENTILATION......Page 185
HYPOXIA......Page 187
ALTITUDE SICKNESS......Page 189
BAROTRAUMA AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS......Page 190
THORACIC SQUEEZE......Page 193
DROWNING......Page 194
RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE......Page 197
METHODS OF INVESTIGATION......Page 200
PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST......Page 203
CHEST X-RAY......Page 204
LUNG VENTILATION/PERFUSION SCAN......Page 205
BRONCHOSCOPY......Page 206
MEDIASTINOSCOPY......Page 209
TYPES OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY......Page 211
DRUG THERAPIES......Page 212
OXYGEN THERAPY......Page 215
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION......Page 219
THORACENTESIS......Page 221
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER......Page 222
CONCLUSION......Page 224
GLOSSARY......Page 227
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 229
INDEX......Page 231
BACK COVER......Page 236