Variations in function and design: Testing symmorphosis in the respiratory system

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 325-348

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a   Richard Taylor, C ^b   Hoppeler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity, lung; Maximal O2 consumption, O2 transport system; Oxygen transport, function, design; Skeletal muscle, O2 exchange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MUSCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0026566197     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(92)90015-O     Document Type: Article

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