Lectures on respiratory physiology Diffusion. Swim bladder of a fish.

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Swim bladder of a fish

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Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet

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Very thin blood-gas barrier

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Electron micrograph of pulmonary capillary

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High power view of blood-gas barrier

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Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet

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Kinetic theory of gases

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Fick’s law of diffusion through a tissue sheet

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Diffusion and perfusion limitations

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Diffusion and perfusion limitations

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Very thin blood-gas barrier

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Thickened blood-gas barrier

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Time courses of Po2 in the capillary

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Measurement of Diffusing Capacity

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Single breath method for DCO

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Electron micrograph of pulmonary capillary

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Reduced Hb

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Measurement of the rapid reaction of O2 with Hb

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The two components of DL

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Is the transfer of CO2 ever limited by diffusion?