Chapter 32 – The Physiology of the Avian Embryo

Ap effective pore area CAM chorioallantoic membrane CO cardiac output CO2 carbon dioxide dCO2 carbon dioxide diffusion coefficient dH2O water vapor diffusion coefficient dO2 oxygen diffusion coefficient DO2 oxygen diffusing capacity EP external pipping FcOX mean corpuscular oxygenation velocity GCO2 carbon dioxide conductance GH2O water vapor conductance GO2 oxygen conductance Hb hemoglobin Hct hematocrit HR heart rate I incubation period IHR instantaneous heart rate IP internal pipping IRR instantaneous respiratory rate L shell thickness ṀCO2 carbon dioxide elimination rate MHR mean heart rate ṀH2O rate of water loss ṀO2 oxygen consumption rate O2 oxygen PaCO2 arterialized blood carbon dioxide partial pressure PaO2 arterialized blood oxygen partial pressure PACO2 airspace carbon dioxide partial pressure PAO2 airspace oxygen partial pressure PB atmospheric pressure PcO2 mean capillary oxygen partial pressure PH2O water vapor pressure PICO2 effective environmental carbon dioxide partial pressure PIO2 effective environmental oxygen partial pressure Pa arterial blood pressure Psys systolic blood pressure Q̇a allantoic blood flow Q10 temperature coefficient R gas constant Ta ambient temperature