Oxygen Transfer from Atmosphere to Tissues

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• High points in the physiology of extreme altitude.
• Oxygen Transfer and gas Exchange in the Lungs.
• Pulmonary diffusing capacity and alveolar-capillary equilibration.
• Influence of gas physical properties on pulmonary gas exchange.
• Convectionr diffusion and their interaction in the bronchial tree.
• Comparative physiology of oxygen transfer in lungs.
• Limitations to the efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange during exercise in man.
• Two-compartment analysis of A/Q inequality and transient blood-gas differences.
• Oxygen Transfer in the Circulation.
• Distribution of skeletal muscle blood flow during locomotory exercise.
• Circulatory adjustments to anemic hypoxia.
• Red cell properties and optimal oxygen transport.
• Can metabolites contribute in regulating blood oxygen affinity?.
• The role of beta-adrenergic receptors in the cardiac output response during carbon monoxide hypoxia.
• Analysis of gas exchange in the ophthalmic rete of pigeons.
• Oxygen Transfer in the Tissues.
• Matching O2 delivery to O2 demand in muscle: I. Adaptive variation.
• Matching O2 delivery to O2 demand in muscle: II. Allometric variation in energy demand.
• The relationship of tissue oxygenation to cellular bioenergetics.
• Skeletal muscle mitochondria: The aerobic gate?.
• Models of steady-state control of skeletal muscle $$\rm\dot{v}$$O2. Evaluation using tissue data.
• Critical P$$\rm\bar{v}$$ O2 vs critical oxygen transport with acute hypoxia in anesthetized animals.
• Capillary configuration in contracted muscles: Comparative aspects.
• The total ionic status of muscle during intense exercise.
• Limitations to Oxygen Transfer.
• An integrated view of the determinants of maximum oxygen uptake.
• Breathing during exercise: demands, regulation, limitations.
• Problems with the hyperventilatory response to exercise and hypoxia.
• Structural vs. functional limitations to oxygen transport: Is there a difference?.
• Regulation of the acid-base balance during prolonged hypoxia: Effects of respiratory and non-respiratory acidosis.
• The effect of prolonged hypoxia on striated muscle pH regulation.
• HCl infusion stimulates the release of a substance from the blood which alters breathing and blood pressure.
• Oxygen transfer in the trained and untrained quarter horse.
• O2 transport in the horse during rest and exercise.
• Morphometry of right ventricular papillary muscle in rat during development and regression of hypoxia-induced hypertension.
• Thermoregulation and metabolism in hypoxic animals.
• Participants.