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1990 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Volume-Pressure Hysteresis of the Lungs

verfasst von : Robert R. Mercer

Erschienen in: Respiratory Biomechanics

Verlag: Springer New York

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Recoil due to tissue elastic forces and surface tension are the principal mechanisms which counter balance the inflating transpulmonary pressure of the lungs. The stress-strain properties of the elastic elements and surface tension-area relationships of surfactant are not sufficient to describe the mechanical behavior of the lungs because of the complex arrangement of the alveoli and alveolar ducts (Figure 1.).

Metadaten
Titel
Volume-Pressure Hysteresis of the Lungs
verfasst von
Robert R. Mercer
Copyright-Jahr
1990
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3452-4_3

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