Vascular Dynamics: Physiological Perspectives

by D R Gross and N Westerhof

The function of the vascular system is to transport oxygen and nutrients to the cells and to remove carbon dioxide and metabolites. It also transports hormones and locally produced neurohumoral substances which, in part, regulate its own function. These interrelationships are essential to homeostasis. The vascular system is not an assembly of simple (elastic) tubes but a dynamic system with many external and intrinsic regulatory mechanisms. The endothelium...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468478583
• ISBN13: 9781468478587
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"