Fundamental Structural Aspects and Features in the Bioengineering of the Gas Exchangers: Comparative Perspectives /
The main objective of this book is to present some of the fundamental structural aspects in the design of respiratory organs while debating and speculating on when, how and why these states were founded. The author's main thesis is that the modern gas exchangers are products of protracted proce...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2002.
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| Series: | Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ;
163. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The main objective of this book is to present some of the fundamental structural aspects in the design of respiratory organs while debating and speculating on when, how and why these states were founded. The author's main thesis is that the modern gas exchangers are products of protracted processes that have entailed adaptation to specific environments and lifestyles. Only those feasible designs that have proven adequately compentent in meeting demands for molecular oxygen have been preserved. The author's approach has been to look into the limiting functional properties as regards the respiratory 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 discern how it limits function. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 112 pages 142 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642559174 (electronic bk.) 3642559174 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0301-5556 ; |