Fundamental Structural Aspects and Features in the Bioengineering of the Gas Exchangers: Comparative Perspectives (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology Vol.163) (2002. XI, 112 p. w. 142 figs. on plates. 23,5 cm)

個数:

Fundamental Structural Aspects and Features in the Bioengineering of the Gas Exchangers: Comparative Perspectives (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology Vol.163) (2002. XI, 112 p. w. 142 figs. on plates. 23,5 cm)

  • 在庫がございません。海外の書籍取次会社を通じて出版社等からお取り寄せいたします。
    通常6~9週間ほどで発送の見込みですが、商品によってはさらに時間がかかることもございます。
    重要ご説明事項
    1. 納期遅延や、ご入手不能となる場合がございます。
    2. 複数冊ご注文の場合、分割発送となる場合がございます。
    3. 美品のご指定は承りかねます。

  • 提携先の海外書籍取次会社に在庫がございます。通常3週間で発送いたします。
    重要ご説明事項
    1. 納期遅延や、ご入手不能となる場合が若干ございます。
    2. 複数冊ご注文の場合、分割発送となる場合がございます。
    3. 美品のご指定は承りかねます。
  • 【入荷遅延について】
    世界情勢の影響により、海外からお取り寄せとなる洋書・洋古書の入荷が、表示している標準的な納期よりも遅延する場合がございます。
    おそれいりますが、あらかじめご了承くださいますようお願い申し上げます。
  • ◆画像の表紙や帯等は実物とは異なる場合があります。
  • ◆ウェブストアでの洋書販売価格は、弊社店舗等での販売価格とは異なります。
    また、洋書販売価格は、ご注文確定時点での日本円価格となります。
    ご注文確定後に、同じ洋書の販売価格が変動しても、それは反映されません。
  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 121 p., 142 figs.
  • 商品コード 9783540429517

Full Description

The history of biology is replete with examples of how comparative biology helped clarify the meaning of structure and function in complex animals. Indeed, without the comparative approach to biology, the birth of physiology would have been delayed. Fishman (1979) Comparative morphologists are challenged to discern the changes that have occurred in evolution and development of the forms and states of organisms as well as to explain the factors that compelled them (e.g. Dullemeijer 1974). The main objective of this contribution is to present what I deem to be some of the fundamental structural aspects in the design of respiratory or­ gans while debating and speculating on when, how and why these states were founded. My main thesis is that the modern gas exchangers are products of protracted processes that have en­ tailed adaptation to specific environments and lifestyles. Only those feasible designs that have proven adequately competent in meeting demands for molecular oxygen have been preserved. Unfortunately, August Krogh's (Krogh 1941) and Pierre Dejours' (Dejours 1975) seminal works on the comparative physiology of the respiratory organs have not been paralleled by equally exten­ sive and detailed morphological work. Our approach has been to look into the limiting functional properties as regards the respi­ ratory capacities of gas exchangers while finding out the specific structural adaptations that have evolved to meet the metabolic needs or to look into form and to discern how it limits function. This has allowed a deduction of structure-function correlation.

Contents

1 Introduction: Evolution of the Respiratory Processes.- 2 Metabolic Demands and Design of Gas Exchangers.- 3 Themes and Principles in the Design of Gas Exchangers.- 4 Functional Requirements and Design of Gas Exchangers.- 5 Respiratory Media Versus Design of Gas Exchangers.- 6 Compromises and Trade-Offs in the Design of Gas Exchangers.- 7 Safety Factors in the Design of Gas Exchangers.- 8 Malleability, Tractability and Performance of Gas Exchangers.- 9 Presentations of Respiratory Media in Gas Exchangers.- 10 Compartmentalization and Stratification of Gas Exchangers.- 11 Separation of Respiratory Media in Gas Exchangers.- 12 Exposure and Disposition of Respiratory Media in Gas Exchangers.- 13 Pneumocytes, Surfactant and Design of Gas Exchangers.- 14 Fractal Geometry and Design of Gas Exchangers.- 15 Sheet Flow Design in the Vasculature of Gas Exchangers.- 16 Summary and Conclusion.- References.- Figures.