The alveolar surface network: A new anatomy and its physiological significance

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-527

  Scarpelli, Emile M ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar bubbles in vivo; Alveolar size and shape; Alveolar surface network; Alveolar surface tension; Alveolar tissue preparation; Alveolar ductal stability; Function of lung bubble films; Lung surface network; Structure of surfactant films; Surfactant bubbles in situ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031868530     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199808)251:4<491::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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