These notes are intended as a guide, necessarily superficial and incomplete, to the lectures on Respiratory Physiology offered at the introductory and the intermediate levels in the Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. They are not designed to substitute traditional textbooks, which, in fact, students are strongly encouraged to consult.
 

Contact persons:

 Dr. Jacopo P. Mortola, Medical Science Bldg. room 1121, 3655 Drummond Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada  (jacopo@med.mcgill.ca)  

 

Selected  topics (JPM)
 Functional design of the respiratory system (comparative aspects)
 Oxygen needs and ventilatory coupling
 Mechanical aspects of breathing
 Resting breathing pattern, and its peripheral modulation
       (Hypoxia)
       (Neonatal respiration)

 Appendix 1. Common measuring devices and techniques
 Appendix 2. Basic physical properties applied to the respiratory system
 Appendix 3. Glossary and abbreviations