Research Catalog

Title

Respiratory function in birds, adult and embryonic : satellite symposium of the 27th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Paris, 1977, held at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen (FRG), July 28-30 1977 / organized and edited by Johannes Piiper.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1978.

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Additional Authors

• Piiper, Johannes.
• Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin.
• International Congress of Physiological Sciences (27th : 1977 : Paris, France)

Description

xiii, 310 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Proceedings in life sciences

Uniform Title

Proceedings in life sciences

Subject

• Birds > Respiration > Congresses
• Respiration > Congresses
• Birds > Respiratory organs > Congresses
• Birds > Physiology > Congresses
• Birds > physiology
• Respiration > congresses
• Birds > Physiology
• Birds > Respiration
• Birds > Respiratory organs
• Respiration
• Oiseaux > Respiration > Congrès
• Respiration > Congrès
• Oiseaux > Appareil respiratoire > Congrès

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

• Session 1. Evolutionary relationships : from reptiles to birds and mammals / chairman, K. Johansen. General morphological principles of amniotic lungs / H.R. Duncker. Ventilation mechanisms : problems in evaluating the transition to birds / C. Gans. Lung surfactant and lung lining in birds / R.E. Pattle. Intrapulmonary carbon dioxide-sensitive receptors : amphibians to mammals / M.R. Fedde and W.D. Kuhlmann. Circulation : a comparison of mammals, reptiles and birds / F.N. White. Mechanisms controlling the oxygen affinity of bird and reptile blood : a comparison between the functional properties of chicken and crocodile hemoglobin / C. Bauer, W. Jelkmann and H. Rollema -- Session 2. Adjustments to changes in oxygen availability and requirement : hypoxia, diving, flight / chairman, K. Schmidt-Nielsen. Effects of hypoxia on heart activity in diving, flying, and land birds / P.D. Sturkie and A. Abati. Cardiopulmonary responses to acute hypoxia in domestic fowl / E.L. Besch and H. Kadono. Oxygen transport during progressive hypoxia in bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) acclimated to sea level and 5600 m / C.P. Black, S.M. Tenney and M. van Kroonenburg. Role of arterial chemoreceptors in ventilatory acclimation to high altitude in unanesthetized Pekin ducks / P. Bouverot. Ventilation in the hummingbird Colibri coruscans during altitude hovering / M. Berger. Respiration during flight in birds / J. Torre-Bueno. The contribution of arterial chemoreceptors and baroreceptors to diving reflexes in birds / D.R. Jones and N.H. West. Adjustment of the regional pulmonary circulation to the profile of oxygen pressure along the parabronchus in the duck / P. Scheid and J.P. Holle.
• Session 3. Avian respiratory system : structure and function of lungs / chairman, G.M. Hughes. The structure of the intrapulmonary vasculature in the domestic fowl / A.S. King, D.Z. King and M.A. Abadalla. A model of the capillary zone of the avian tertiary bronchus / J. Brackenbury and A.R. Akester. Ventilatory [superscript 133]xenon distribution studies in the duck Anas platyrhyncha / B. Burns [and others] Diffusion in avian pulmonary gas exchange : role of diffusion resistance of the blood-gas barrier and the air capillaries / P. Scheid [and others] Airway resistance / V. Molony. Origin of carbon dioxide in caudal air sacs of birds / J. Piiper -- Session 4. Control of ventilation : intrapulmonary CO2 sensitivity and respiratory centers / chairman, P. Dejours. Effects of intrapulmonary chemoreceptors in perfused and nonperfused lungs / R.E. Burger [and others] Role of avian intrapulmonary chemoreceptors in the ventilatory response to inhaled CO2 : effects of acetazolamide in the duck / F.L. Powell [and others] Ventilatory response during arterial homeostasis of [superscript P]CO2 at low levels of inspired carbon dioxide / J.L. Osborne and G.S. Mitchell. Effect of middle cardiac nerve stimulation upon the respiratory response to [superscript Pa]CO2 in the chicken / J.A. Estavillo and M.L. Youther. Effect of [superscript F]LCO2 dynamics on T[subscript i] and T[subscript tot] in spontaneously breathing birds / A.L. Kunz and R.D. Tallman, Jr. Effect of stretch on the respiratory pattern of a chicken / D.A. Miller. Central nervous mechanisms regulating thermal panting / S.A. Richards and P. Avery. Control of panting by thermosensitive spinal neurons in birds / W. Rautenberg [and others].
• Session 5. Respiration of the embryo : eggshell, embryonic membranes, circulation, blood / chairman, J. Metcalfe. The avian egg : in vivo conductances to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor in late development / C.V. Paganelli, R.A. Ackerman and H. Rahn. Pore size versus pore number in avian eggshells / S.G. Tullett. Interdependence of gas conductance, incubation length, and weight of the avian egg / A. Ar and H. Rahn. Metabolism of avian embryos : comparative ontogeny / D.F. Hoyt, C.E.M. Vleck and D. Vleck. The kiwi : a case of compensating divergences from allometric predictions / W.A. Calder III. Gas conductance in the eggshell of the mound-building brush-turkey / R.S. Seymour and H. Rahn. Acid-base balance during eggshell formation / P. Mongin. Development of the avian respiratory and circulatory systems / H.R. Duncker. Gas transfer in the chorioallantois / H. Tazawa. Respiratory function of embryonic chicken hemoglobin / R. Baumann and F.H. Baumann. The effects of restricted gas exchange on embryonic heart rate / K.F. Laughlin.

ISBN

• 3540086455
• 9783540086451
• 0387086455
• 9780387086453

LCCN

78003534

OCLC

• ocm03730304
• 3730304
• SCSB-296303

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