RT Book, Section
A1 Ochs, Matthias
A1 Weibel, Ewald R.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122354263
T1 Functional Design of the Human Lung for Gas Exchange
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122354263
RD 2024/04/24
AB At  the  end  of  a  deep  breath,  about  80%  of  the  lung  volume  is  air,  10%  is  blood,  and  only  the  remaining  10%  is  tissue.  Because  this  small  mass  of  tissue  is  spread  over  an  enormous  area  –  nearly  the  size  of  a  tennis  court  –  the  tissue  framework  of  the  lung  must  be  extraordinarily  delicate.  It  is  indeed  remarkable  that  the  substance  of  the  lung  manages  to  maintain  its  integrity  in  the  face  of  the  multitude  of  insults  that  inevitably  accompany  a  lifetime  of  exposure  to  ambient  air  and  the  complex  necessity  of  keeping  air  and  blood  in  intimate  contact,  but  separate,  for  the  sake  of  gas  exchange.