Pulmonary Physiology - Pulmonary Circulation
Module 4 - Dr. D. Penney
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To appreciate the pulmonary circulation's important general functions: e.g. gas exchange; filtering of venous blood, blood reservoir; metabolic roles; absorptive roles.
To understand the differences between systemic and pulmonary circulations and the basis for their differences.
To know the components of the 4 Zone model of pulmonary blood flow resulting from hydrostatic differences caused by gravity.
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