{"product_id":"the-pathway-for-oxygen-9780674657908","title":"The Pathway for Oxygen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is rare for one book to be both a first-rate classroom text and a major contribution to scholarship. The Pathway for Oxygen is such a book, offering a new approach to respiratory physiology and morphology that quantitatively links the two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is clearly one of the most outstanding books in physiology\/functional anatomy ever to be written. -- C. R. Taylor, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOXYGEN AND THE HISTORY OF LIFE   The Cell's Oxygen Sink and Energetics  Getting Oxygen to the Sink  Evolution of O2 Transport Systems   Evolution of External Gas Exchangers   Looking at the System as a Whole: Philosophy of the Approach    THE BODY'S NEED FOR OXYGEN   Levels of O2 Consumption   Estimating the Limits of O2 Consumption    LINKING STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: MODEL, MEANS, AND TOOLS   How Does Structure Affect O2 Flow?   Are Animals Built Reasonably?   The Tools    CELL RESPIRATION   Gaining Energy from Combustion   Metabolic Pathways of the Cell   The Cell's Energetic Balance Sheet    MITOCHONDRIA: THE CELL'S FURNACES   Putting Some Order into Cell Metabolism   Oxidation-Phosphorylation Coupling Depends on Structure   Mitochondria and the Cell's Aerobic Potential   Mitochondria in Muscle Cells    THE VEHICLE FOR OXYGEN TRANSPORT: BLOOD AND CIRCULATION   The O2 and CO, Carrier: Blood   Moving Blood Around: Circulation   O2 Transport by the Blood    DELIVERING OXYGEN TO THE CELLS   Distributing Blood to the Tissues: Design of the Vasculature   The Microvascular Unit   O2 Flow from Blood to Cells    DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAMMALIAN LUNG   Development of the Lung   Lung Histogenesis: Differentiation toward Gas Exchange   The Lung at Birth and Its Postnatal Maturation    LUNG CELL BIOLOGY   Organization of the Lung's Cell Population   A Closer Look at the Cells of the Gas Exchange Region    AIRWAYS AND BLOOD VESSELS   The Airway Tree   Ventilation   The Vascular Trees   Pulmonary Blood Flow   Ventilation-Perfusion Matching    THE LUNG'S MECHANICAL SUPPORT   External Support and Motive Force   The Pleural Cavity   The Lung's Fiber Skeleton   Surface Tension   Micromechanics and the Configuration of the Alveolar Septum   Keeping the Barrier Dry and Thin    THE LUNG AS GAS EXCHANGER   Design of the Gas Exchanger   Physiological Basis for Gas Exchange   Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity: Physiology   Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity: Morphometry   Structure and Function Compared   Matching the Conductance to O2 Needs: The Emergence of a Paradox   Resolving the Paradox: Models and Nature    THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IN OVERVIEW   Adjusting Performance to Needs   Adjusting Potential to Needs   The Limits to Potential: The Smallest Mammal    UNITS OF MEASUREMENT    GENERAL REFERENCES    INDEX","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403599552855,"sku":"9780674657908","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pathway-for-oxygen-9780674657908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}