期刊
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 163, 期 1-3, 页码 121-127出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.05.002
关键词
Nasal function; Airflow; Heat flux; Water vapor flux; Humidity; Temperature
Healthy humans normally breathe through their nose even though its complex geometry imposes a significantly higher resistance in comparison with mouth breathing. The major functional roles of nasal breathing are defense against infiltrating particles and conditioning of the inspired air to nearly alveolar conditions in order to maintain the internal milieu of the lung. The state-of-the-art of the existing knowledge on nasal air-conditioning will be discussed in this review, including in vivo measurements in humans and computational studies on nasal air-conditioning capacity. Areas where further studies will improve our understanding and may help medical diagnosis and intervention in pathological states will be introduced. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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