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of physics hardwired the … When the surface-to-volume ratio is large and the thickness small, …

… basic level to facilitate gas exchange from environmental air … Airway resistance is based on
the physics principle of Ohm’s … of a gas in liquid, gas density, and available surface area for …

… it is calculated using global indices of O 2 delivery and VO 2 . … -1869), a French physicist
and physiologist, applied hydraulic … The functional significance of these anatomic features was …

… physiology. To determine these indices, the application of the fundamental laws of physics
and chemistry, as applied to gas exchange… ), R is the ideal, or universal, gas constant, and T is …

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… the two that can adversely affect gas exchange, impairing both … wall, resistance from surface
forces at the alveolar gas/liquid … The pre-Bötzinger complex is believed to be the anatomic …

… physics studies suggest that mucus hyperconcentration generates mucin polymer-dependent
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… other aspects, such as biofluid dynamics and surface effects. … basis of physical and
physiological relationships. For example, … Water vapor loss due to gas exchange depends not only …

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surface area and a thin epithelial … involves efforts to improve global hypoxemia, oxygen delivery …

… in the context of their gas exchange capacity and discuss our … that the total surface area
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