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Units, Memphis, Tennessee From the Diviskm of Anatomy, Unkwsity of TemesseeMedid for a long time, both in man and in lower animals, although it has been most extensively studied in inframammalian forms (28, 42), and especially in the insects(9, 19, 44). The numerous studies on this processand its magnitude in man have been, with few exceptions (34, 42, 46) omitted from discussionsof mechanismsof . This is readily understandable, since the total gas exchange of man amounts to lessthan the error inherent in the measurementof the total gasexchange. The diminutive contribution of to the total respiratory exchangewould not seemto be a true index of the possibleimportance of this process. In particular, the importance of in the physiology of skin ap pears to have been totally neglected. The aims of this review are to consider the magnitude of the of man, to examinethe probable sites of utilization of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide, to critically examine the significanceof the problem and to point out topics and areas which seemto deservefurther study. The term â â should perhaps refer solely to the respiratory exchangeof the skin itself (see46, p. $50); but, by extensive usage, it has come to refer to
Physiological Reviews – The American Physiological Society
Published: Jul 1, 1957
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