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News Physiol Sci 2: 72-75, 1987;
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News in Physiological Sciences, Vol 2, 72-75, Copyright © 1987 by International Union of Physiological Sciences

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How to Stabilize the Pulmonary Alveoli: Surfactant or Fibers?

ER Weibel and H Bachofen

The frothlike structure of the lung is supported by very little tissue. To ensure patency of the peripheral air spaces requires particular properties of both the fibrous skeleton and the alveolar surface film. The mechanical problem of how surface and tissue forces interact to maintain a large internal lung surface is of great importance for understanding the performance of the lung as a gas exchanger.




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