ALTERATIONS OF MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES AND MORPHOLOGY IN EXCISED RABBIT LUNGS RINSED WITH A DETERGENT
ALTERATIONS OF MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES AND MORPHOLOGY IN EXCISED RABBIT LUNGS RINSED WITH A DETERGENT
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1979.47.5.1002
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
WEIBEL, ER
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作者:
BACHOFEN, H;GEHR, P;WEIBEL, ER
To assess the influence of alterations of lung surfactant on the geometry of peripheral air spaces, the morphology of detergent-rinsed rabbit lungs was studied. Compared to normal excised rabbit lungs, fixed in the same manner by vascular perfusion at different points on the deflation pressure-volume curve, the most important differences are as follows: with decreasing lung volume there is a progressive collapse of alveoli, at low lung volume (40% of total lung capacity (TLC)) most alveoli are collapsed, and the air is contained in overextended ducts; the alveolar surface area-to-volume ratio is considerably smaller, particularly at medium and low lung volumes; there is a slight change of mean air-space curvature between 80 and 40% TLC. Apparently, in detergent-rinsed lungs volume changes are brought about predominantly by recruitment and derecruitment of alveoli. It appears that both a normal surfactant and the mechanical interdependence within the fibrous continuum are required to maintain a normal respiratory surface area within the lung volume range of normal breathing.