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Breathing is usually automatic and without conscious effort; yet our breathing is a complex motor function requiring the coordinated activation of a number of respiratory muscles that span from our heads to our abdomen. Some of our respiratory muscles serve to pump air into and out of our lungs (ventilation). These pump muscles act on the thoracic and abdominal walls and are all skeletal muscles. Other respiratory muscles in our bodies control the caliber of the passageway for air to enter our lungs. These airway muscles include skeletal muscles of the head (e.g., tongue and suprahyoid muscles) and neck (infrahyoid, pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles), as well as smooth muscles that line our trachea and bronchi down to the alveoli where gas exchange occurs. This book provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology of our respiratory muscles, including their neural control. This book also includes an overview of the basic structure and function of both skeletal and smooth muscles. The two basic types of respiratory muscles (skeletal and smooth muscle) vary considerably in the organization of their contractile proteins and the underlying mechanisms that lead to force generation and contraction, including their neural control.Product Identifiers
PublisherMorgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN-139781615043842
eBay Product ID (ePID)189944129
Product Key Features
Publication Year2012
SubjectBiology, Psychiatry
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRespiratory Muscles: Structure, Function and Regulation
TypeTextbook
AuthorHeather M. Gransee, Gary C. Sieck
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Width187 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorHeather M. Gransee, Gary C. Sieck
Series TitleColloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology
