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Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
Pt. 1 Autonomic Nervous System
1 General Principles of the Autonomic Nervous System
2 Sympathetic Motor Pathways in the Peripheral Nervous System
3 Parasympathetic Motor Pathways in the Peripheral Nervous System: Enteric Nervous System
4 Afferent Pathways in the Autonomic Nervous System
Pt. 2 Respiratory System
5 Trachea and Lungs
6 Airways of the Lungs
7 Defence of the Lung
8 Thoracic Walls
9 Pleural Cavity
10 Respiratory Mechanics
11 Control of Breathing
Pt. 3 Circulatory System
12 Blood Vessels
13 Regulation of Blood Vessels
14 Capillaries: Lymphatics: Lymphatic Tissues: Immune System: Lymph Nodes: Ducts
15 Development of the Heart and Great Vessels
16 Fetal and Neonatal Circulation and Respiration
17 Circulation in the Lungs
18 Coronary Circulation
19 Arterial Baroreceptors and Chemoreceptors
20 Anatomy of the Heart
21 Contractile Mechanism of the Heart
22 The Cardiac Cycle
Pt. 4 Clinical Aspects of Thoracic Anatomy
23 Anatomical Principles of the Physical Examination of the Thorax
24 Anatomical Principles of Diagnostic Imaging of the Thorax
25 Anatomical Principles of Surgical Approaches to the Thorax
References
Index