This work in the "Lung Biology in Health and Disease" series presents current perspectives and special issues in sports medicine and pulmonary biology, providing information on a broad variety of topics. The effect of training on respiratory muscles in conjunction with the respiratory centers, the conducting nerves and the rib cage and abdomen, is ...
Not only are movies and baseball two of America's favorite pastimes, they are integral parts of our culture. Small wonder that the two frequently merge in Hollywood's use of baseball themes, jargon, and icons. This work on baseball in the movies is organized into four sections examining different aspects of the cultural intersection between film ...
The focus of this book is the evolution of cardiovascular and respiratory control in vertebrates. Life originated in water, which has constantly changing temperatures and O2 levels. Fish gills can extract up to 80 per cent of their inspired O2, because they have a countercurrent bloodstream. Oxygen sensors have been found within the gill arches of ...
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