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Vogel S. — Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Working of Circulatory Systems
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Íàçâàíèå: Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Working of Circulatory Systems
Àâòîð: Vogel S.
Àííîòàöèÿ: Most of us think about our circulatory system only when something goes wrong, but the amazing story of how it goes right—"magnificently right," as author Steven Vogel puts it—is equally worthy of our attention. It is physically remarkable, bringing food to (and removing waste from) a hundred trillion cells, coursing through 60,000 miles of arteries and veins (equivalent to over twice around the earth at the equator). And it is also intriguing. For instance, blood leaving the heart flows rapidly through the arteries, then slows down dramatically in the capillaries (to a speed of one mile every fifty days), but in the veins, on its way back to the heart, it speed up again. How?
In Vital Circuits, Steven Vogel answers hundreds of such questions, in a fascinating, often witty, and highly original guide to the heart, vessels and blood. Vogel takes us through the realm of biology and into the neighboring fields of physics, fluid mechanics, and chemistry. We relive the discoveries of such scientists as William Harvey and Otto Loewi, and we consider the circulatory systems of such fellow earth-dwellers as octopuses, hummingbirds, sea gulls, alligators, snails, snakes, and giraffes. Vogel is a master at using everyday points of reference to illustrate potentially daunting concepts. Heating systems, kitchen basters, cocktail parties, balloons—all are pressed into service. And we learn not only such practical information as why it's a bad idea to hold your breath when you strain and why you might want to wear support hose on a long airplane flight, but also the answers to such seemingly unrelated issues as why duck breasts (but not chicken breasts) have dark meat and why dustaccumulates on the blades of a fan.
But the real fascination of Vital Circuits lies neither in its practical advice nor in its trivia. Rather, it is in the detailed picture we construct, piece by piece, of our extraordinary circulatory system. What's more, the author communicates not just information, but the excitement of discovering information. In doing so, he reveals himself to be an eloquent advocate for the cause of science as the most interesting of the humanities. Anyone curious about the workings of the body, whether afflicted with heart trouble or addicted to science watching, will find this book a goldmine of information and oelight.
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Èçäàíèå: 1st edition
Ãîä èçäàíèÿ: 1992
Êîëè÷åñòâî ñòðàíèö: 315
Äîáàâëåíà â êàòàëîã: 06.09.2009
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Ñêîïèðîâàòü ññûëêó äëÿ ôîðóìà | Ñêîïèðîâàòü ID
Ïðåäìåòíûé óêàçàòåëü
"Design" in organisms 49—50 93—94 167—168
"Windkessel" model 117 118 288
Acceleration, force requirement 253
Acetylcholine 52 54 271
Adrenal gland 54—55
Adrenalin 52 54—55 271
Aerobic reactions 221 271
Air, thermoregulation in 179 see
Alligator see also "Crocodilians heart" 83
Alligator, metabolic rate 8
Alveoli 271
Alveoli, hemoglobin loading 162
Alveoli, oxygen concentration 159 161—162
Alveoli, size and diffusion in 102
Amphibians see also "Frogs"
Amphibians, circulatory circuits 14
Amphibians, heart 76—77 83—85
Amphibians, large blood cells 196
Amphibians, lymph hearts 208
Amphibians, renal portal systems 247—249
Anaerobic metabolism 221 254 271
Anatomy, fixation on 9 19 30 248—249
Ancestral forms and size 111—112
Ancestral forms vs. derived 78
Anemia 159 272
Aneurysm 17 45 122 272
Aneurysm, aortic 122 144—145
Aneurysm, cerebral 122
Aneurysm, ruptured 14 17
Angina pectoris 260 272
Angiography 272
Angioplasty 31 272
Animals see Organisms
Anticoagulants 240
Aorta 14f 212
Aorta, blood pressure in 63—65
Aorta, change at birth 35
Aorta, crocodilians 83
Aorta, cross-sectional area 79
Aorta, flow speed in 16 79
Aorta, frog 85
Aorta, location 28 29
Aorta, wall thickness 120—121
Aortic valve, location 32
Aortic valve, pressure across 69
Archer fish 78
Aristotle 19 256
Arrhythmia 238 272
Arterial cushions 202—203
Arteries 11 14 272 see "Arterioles"
Arteries and Laplace’s law 124
Arteries as pressure buffer 128 129
Arteries, capacitor action 117 118
Arteries, crustaceans 127
Arteries, necessary properties 121—123
Arteries, pressure in 65 69
Arteries, pulsation 45 46
Arteries, volume variations 116 117
Arteries, wall character 45
Arteries, wall stiffness 124—126 229—230
Arteries, wall structure 126—127
Arteries, wall thickness 120
Arteries, “Windkessel” model 117 118
Arterioles 272
Arterioles, arrangement 197
Arterioles, muscles of 198 225 229
Arterioles, pressure in 69 85
Arterioles, wall thickness 121
Arteriosclerosis 229 272
Arteriovenous shunts 80 197 230 272
Arthropods 10 272 see "Insects" "Spiders"
Ascidians, hearts 24 136
Atherosclerosis 116 272
Atmosphere, oxygen content 157
Atmosphere, pressure 60 62 164
Atria (auricles) 14 273 see "Right
Atria (auricles), changes at birth 35
Atria (auricles), functional role 22—24
Atria (auricles), location 28
Atria (auricles), supercharger analogy 23 24
Atria (auricles), triggering heartbeat 54
Atrioventricular node 54 272
Author and unvented trunk 62—63
Author as ambulatory manometer 64
Author as human animal 15
Author meets Valsalva’s ghost 151
Author, batrachiophilia 53 55
Author, circulatory disabilities 4—5 151
Author, corporeal insignificance 265
Author, dietary peccadillos 265
Author, dislike of exercise 5
Author, hairless head 16
Author, limitations as artist 30
Author, rehabilitation 5 170
Axial accumulation 201—202
Axial accumulation and arterial cushions 202
Axial accumulation and skimming flow 202
Ballistae 126
Balloon angioplasty 31
balloons 17 117
Balloons and Laplace’s law 118—120 144—145
Balloons, aneurysms 17 122
Balloons, model for science 259
Barometer 61 273
Bear, non-hibernating 180
Beaver tail, countercurrent exchanger 190—191
Bernard, Claude 219—220 250
Bernoulli’s principle 149—150 273
Beta-adrenergic blockers 52 230 250
Biology, biologists see also "Evolution"
Biology, biologists, anatomical fixation 9 19 30 248—249
Biology, biologists, animals vs. computers, using 53 84—85
Biology, biologists, bias of large animal 83 111—112
Biology, biologists, comparative viewpoint 4 36 47 108 127—128
Biology, biologists, convergence 127—128
Biology, biologists, feminist subject 55—56
Biology, biologists, history 43—44
Biology, biologists, physics, detachment from 84 138
Biology, biologists, structure and function 19 167—168 248—249
Biology, biologists, systems, integration of 152 155
Biology, biologists, terminological fixation 9
Biology, biologists, textbook bashing 10 16 135 205 209
Biology, biologists, “design” in organisms 49—50 93—94 167—168
Birds, blood pressure 68—69 76
Birds, body temperatures 179
Birds, bones, vented 63
Birds, cardiac output 111 147
Birds, circulatory circuits 11—15 76
Birds, evolution 12
Birds, heart structure 29
Birds, hemoglobins 164
Birds, legs, countercurrent exchanger 187—189 190
Birds, nasal countercurrent exchanger 192
Birds, red blood cells 172
Birds, wading in cold water 187—189
Birds, warmbloodedness 7—8 178
Birth, circulation shifts 35—36
Birth, hemoglobin change 163
Blankets, electric 219—220
Blood see also specific "Blood entries"
Blood cells see "Red blood cells" "White
Blood clotting 203 237—241
Blood clotting, anticlotting system 240
Blood clotting, anticoagulants 240
Blood clotting, cascade of reactions 240
Blood clotting, coagulation 240
Blood clotting, hazard of clot 238
Blood clotting, hemophilia 238
Blood clotting, positive feedback 218 239 240—241
Blood clotting, role of platelets 239
Blood composition, control 220 221—226
Blood composition, organs controlling 241—246
Blood flow speed see also "Flow speeds"
Blood flow speed vs. oxygen delivery 157—158
Blood flow speed, adrenalin on, effect of 55
Blood flow speed, vessels, in different 16 17 79
Blood pressure see also "Pressure"
Blood pressure and capillary filtration 204—205
Blood pressure and exercise 146 227
Blood pressure and exsanguination 128
Blood pressure and posture 129—131
Blood pressure and Starling hypothesis 204—205
Blood pressure in atherosclerosis 116
Blood pressure in cold 227
Blood pressure in coronary arteries 87
Blood pressure in kidney’s capillaries 244
Blood pressure vs. heartbeat rate 146
Blood pressure vs. height, manometric 65—68
Blood pressure, abnormally high 229—230
Blood pressure, adrenalin and 55
Blood pressure, arteries vs. veins 128
Blood pressure, brain 227
Blood pressure, cheating measurement 64—65
Blood pressure, control 220 226—230
Blood pressure, first measurement 117
Blood pressure, giraffe 66
Blood pressure, horse 67
Blood pressure, left ventricle 115—116
Blood pressure, measurement 61 64—65
Blood pressure, normal human value 63
Blood pressure, reptiles 67
Blood pressure, right atrium, estimating 130
Blood pressure, sensors for 227—230
Blood pressure, subatmospheric 70
Blood pressure, systemic vs. pulmonary 76
Blood pressure, systolic vs. diastolic 63 65
Blood pressure, various animals 68—69 110
Blood pressure, various locations 69—70
Blood proteins see "Proteins"
Blood vessels see also "Arteries" "Capillaries" "Veins"
Blood vessels and biological “design” 94
Blood vessels and Laplace’s law 120—121
Blood vessels, aneurysms 17 45 122
Blood vessels, arterial cushions 202
Blood vessels, collagen wall lining 239
Blood vessels, compliance of 116
Blood vessels, diversity of size 136
Blood vessels, injury to 239
Blood vessels, muscle of walls 20
Blood vessels, necessary non-rigidity 116—117 229
Blood vessels, peristaltic 136
Blood vessels, size readjustment 92—93
Blood vessels, size vs. blood viscosity 200—203
Blood vessels, variable volume 116
Blood vessels, wall thickness 121
Blood viscosity see "Viscosity"
Blood volume after exsanguination 213
Blood volume and size of animal 111
Blood volume and venous volume 129
Blood volume, autoregulation 225—226
Blood volume, control 224—226
Blood volume, human 15
Blood, adrenalin in 54
Blood, carbon dioxide transport 167
Blood, components 15
Blood, convective medium 177 181—184
Blood, dissociation curve, fetal 161
Blood, dissociation curve, human 161
Blood, hematocrit 15—16 86 110
Blood, hemoglobin concentration 110 159
Blood, overall role 6—7
Blood, pathway through body 9—15
Blood, pathway through fetus 34—35
Blood, pathway through heart 30
Blood, pathway, pre-Harvey 44
Blood, supply to various organs 242—243
Blood, total volume 110
Blood, viscosity 110
Blood, viscosity vs. vessel size 200—202 203
Blood-brain barrier 249—250 273
Blood-brain barrier, diffusion across 250
Blood-brain barrier, transit, pharmaceuticals 250
Blubber, cost to make 180
Blubber, insulation 179—180
Body size see "Size"
Body temperature see also "Temperature"
Body temperature, autoregulation 177
Body temperature, control 220 230—232
Body temperature, core vs. periphery 180 230—232
Body temperature, cost vs. size 263
Body temperature, diurnal variation 180
Body temperature, insects in flight 178
Body temperature, skin 230—232
Body temperature, uniformity 175—180
Body temperature, warmbloodedness 7—8 76 178—180 182
Body water and blood volume 224—226
Body water and hematocrit 224
Body water in cells 225
Body water, compartments 224—225
Body water, interstitial 206 225
Body water, plasma 225
Bohr shift 163 166 167 273
Bone marrow and red blood cells 245
Brain and pituitary gland 247
Brain in control systems 221
Brain, blood-brain barrier 249—250
Brain, cerebrospinal fluid 249—250
Brain, heat production 176
Brain, hydrocephalus 250
Brain, local cooling 190
Brain, maintaining blood pressure 227
Brain, relative blood supply 243
Branches in pipes and vessels 78 87
Branches in pipes and vessels, Murray’s law 91—93
Branches in pipes and vessels, retia mirabilia 188—189
Branches in pipes and vessels, sizes and costs 87—93
Breathholding, underwater swimming 222
Breathholding, Valsalva maneuver 151
Breathing and heart performance 150—151
Breathing in blood oxygen control 221—224
Breathing vs. air composition 221—222
Breathing, high altitude 222
Breathing, hyperventilation 222
Bulk flow see "Convection"
Burrowing 164
Bypass surgery see "Cardiac bypass surgery"
Calorie (cal) (energy) 18 274
Capacitor 117 118
Capillaries 14 274
Capillaries and principle of continuity 78—79
Capillaries in blood volume control 225
Capillaries of lungs 102 196 198—199
Capillaries, animal size vs. density 165
Capillaries, arrangement 197
Capillaries, density in tissue 110—111 165
Capillaries, discovery 46 196
Capillaries, filtration 204—205
Capillaries, fit of red blood cells 196—197 203—204
Capillaries, flow across walls 205—206
Capillaries, flow speed 16 79
Capillaries, lack of muscle 198
Capillaries, maternal and fetal 34
Capillaries, Murray’s law, violation 91
Capillaries, passage of white blood cells 203—204
Capillaries, postulated existence 46
Capillaries, pre- and postcapillary muscles 225 229
Capillaries, pressures in 69—70 85—86 204—207
Capillaries, proliferation, high altitude 164
Capillaries, shortness 86
Capillaries, Starling hypothesis 204—205 207 225—226 243
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