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Contents: 1. Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory Tract -- 2. Elastic Forces and Lung Volumes -- 3. Respiratory System Resistance -- 4. Control of Breathing -- 5. Pulmonary Ventilation -- 6. The Pulmonary Circulation -- 7. Distribution of Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion -- 8. Diffusion of Respiratory Gases -- 9. Carbon Dioxide -- 10. Oxygen -- 11. Non respiratory Functions of the Lung -- 12. Pregnancy, Neonates and Children -- 13. Exercise -- 14. Sleep -- 15. Obesity -- 16. High Altitude and Flying -- 17. High Pressure and Diving -- 18. Respiration in Closed Environments and Space -- 19. Drowning -- 20. Smoking and Air Pollution -- 21. Anaesthesia -- 22. Changes in the Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure -- Hypoxia -- 24. Anaemia -- 25. Oxygen Toxicity and Hyperoxia -- 26. Comparative Respiratory Physiology -- 27. Ventilatory Failure -- 28. Airways Disease -- 29. Pulmonary Vascular Disease -- 30. Diseases of the Lung Parenchyma and Pleura -- 31. Acute Lung Injury -- 32. Respiratory Support and Artificial Ventilation -- 33. Pulmonary Surgery