Circulatory and Respiratory Mass Transport (eBook)

Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward Wolstenholme OBE FRCP was a British medical doctor, and the founding director of the Ciba Foundation. He was born in Sheffield, the son of a mechanical engineer, and educated at Repton School and Corpus Christi, Cambridge.

CIRCULATORY AND RESPIRATORY MASS TRANSPORT 5
Contents 7
Chairman’s introduction 13
Section I Mass transport in tissue spaces 15
Interstitial fluid pressure-volume relationships and their regulation 16
Discussion 32
Theory of flow and transport processes in pores and porous media 37
Discussion 56
Section II Mass transport in blood vessels 61
Exchange of substances through capillary walls 62
Discussion 76
The mechanics of the red cell in relation to its carrier function 79
Discussion 95
Motion in narrow capillaries from the standpoint of Iubrication theory 99
Discusslon 110
The flow behaviour of particulate suspensions 119
Discussion 142
Flow of human blood in glass and plastic fibres: A filmed study 148
Discussion 149
The optimum elastic properties of arteries 154
Discussion 165
Pressure-flow relations in small blood vessels 171
Discussion 187
Velocity distribution and transition in the arterial system 190
Discussion 221
Section III Mass transport in the lung 225
The distribution of gas flow in lungs 226
Discussion 232
Behaviour of airborne particles in the respiratory tract 237
Discussion 254
Turbulent flow and particle deposition in the trachea 258
Discussion 275
Pulmonary capillary flow, diffusion ventilation and gas exchange 278
Discussion 298
Diffusive and convective movement of gas in the lung 303
Discussion 319
General discussion: A mathematical treatment of dispersion in flow through a branching tree 324
Chairmen’s closing remarks 328
Author Index 331
Subject Index 332