The Hepaticcirculation is unique among vascular beds. The most obvious unique...The Hepatic circulation is unique among vascular beds. The most obvious unique features include the dual vascular supply; the mechanism of intrinsic regulation of the hepatic artery (the hepatic arterial buffer response); the fact that portal blood...more
The Hepaticcirculation is unique among vascular beds. The most obvious unique...The Hepatic circulation is unique among vascular beds. The most obvious unique features include the dual vascular supply; the mechanism of intrinsic regulation of the hepatic artery (the hepatic arterial buffer response); the fact that portal blood...more
This presentation describes the unique anatomy and physiology of the vascular ...This presentation describes the unique anatomy and physiology of the vascular beds that serve the eye. The needs for an unobstructed light path from the cornea to the retina and a relatively fixed corneal curvature and distance between refractive...more
This presentation describes the unique anatomy and physiology of the vascular ...This presentation describes the unique anatomy and physiology of the vascular beds that serve the eye. The needs for an unobstructed light path from the cornea to the retina and a relatively fixed corneal curvature and distance between refractive...more
This e-book will review special features of the cerebral circulation and how t...This e-book will review special features of the cerebral circulation and how they contribute to the physiology of the brain. It describes structural and functional properties of the cerebral circulation that are unique to the brain an organ with...more
The lymphatic system develops and functions in parallel with the blood circula...The lymphatic system develops and functions in parallel with the blood circulatory system (termed the hemovasculature ) and accomplishes transport of interstitial fluids dietary lipids and reverse transport of cholesterol immune cells and...more
Necrotizing enterocolitis is an acute inflammatory necrosis of bowel that prim...Necrotizing enterocolitis is an acute inflammatory necrosis of bowel that primarily afflicts premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit setting. Although patients who develop this disease have high morbidity and mortality rates the...more
This book focuses on the structural biochemical and diverse functional propert...This book focuses on the structural biochemical and diverse functional properties of the endothelial luminal membrane glycocalyx (ELMG) an organelle which constitutes the endothelial cell membrane. It is intended to provide the newcomer with a broad...more
Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) constitutes most of the tunica media in blood ves...Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) constitutes most of the tunica media in blood vessels and plays an important role in the control of vascular tone. Ca2+ is a major regulator of VSM contraction and is strictly regulated by an intricate system of Ca2+...more
The vascular endothelium lining the inner surface of blood vessels serves as t...The vascular endothelium lining the inner surface of blood vessels serves as the first interface for circulating blood components to interact with cells of the vascular wall and surrounding extravascular tissues. In addition to regulating blood...more
The vascular endothelium lining the inner surface of blood vessels serves as t...The vascular endothelium lining the inner surface of blood vessels serves as the first interface for circulating blood components to interact with cells of the vascular wall and surrounding extravascular tissues. In addition to regulating blood...more
In the distal regions of the human lung one of the most challenging problems f...In the distal regions of the human lung one of the most challenging problems facing a large multicellular organism is solved-ensuring an adequate supply of oxygen for aerobic tissue metabolism while removing associated waste products. Conduits for...more
The gastrointestinal mucosal defense system serves to minimize mucosal injury ...The gastrointestinal mucosal defense system serves to minimize mucosal injury by either ingested or endogenously produced noxious substances. The mucosal defense system is stratified into pre-epithelial (alkaline mucus) epithelial (dynamic...more
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the most important endocrine (tis...The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the most important endocrine (tissue-to-tissue) paracrine (cell-to-cell) and intracrine (intracellular/nuclear) humoral systems in the regulation of blood pressure cardiovascular and kidney function in...more
The lymphatic system develops and functions in parallel with the blood circula...The lymphatic system develops and functions in parallel with the blood circulatory system (termed the hemovasculature ) and accomplishes transport of interstitial fluids dietary lipids and reverse transport of cholesterol immune cells and...more