内容简介
Continuingdemandforthisbookconfirmsthatitremainsrelevantover30yearsafteritsfirstpublication.Thefundamentalexplanationsarelargelyunchanged,butinthenewintroductiontothissecondeditiontheauthorsareonhandtoguidethereaderthroughmajoradvancesofthelastthreedecades.Withanemphasisonphysicalexplanationratherthanequations,PartIclearlypresentsthebackgroundmechanics.Thesecondpartappliesmechanicalreasoningtothecomponentpartsofthecirculation:blood,theheart,thesystemicarteries,microcirculation,veinsandthepulmonarycirculation.Eachsectiondemonstrateshowanunderstandingofbasicmechanicsenhancesourunderstandingofthefunctionofthecirculationasawhole.Thisclassicbookisofvaluetostudents,researchersandpractitionersinbioengineering,physiologyandhumanandveterinarymedicine,particularlythoseworkinginthecardiovascularfield,andtoengineersandphysicalscientistswithmultidisciplinaryinterests.