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Respiratory System Disorders and Therapy From a New - Louis Bolk ...

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Just think of the interface between water <strong>and</strong> wind at sea <strong>and</strong> the creation of waves —<br />

or the interface between s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> water on the beach <strong>and</strong> the creation of undulating<br />

forms in the s<strong>and</strong> (see also 7.2.). This also applies to the organism where the living<br />

rhythms of heartbeat <strong>and</strong> respiration create an interface between the nerve-sensory <strong>and</strong><br />

metabolic-muscle systems with their polar dynamics. Metabolic processes in the digestive<br />

<strong>and</strong> skeletal muscle systems <strong>and</strong> nerve-sensory activity meet each other in a rhythmic<br />

interchange. In the lung, this interface is present in the vicinity of the walls of the alveoli,<br />

where moving air <strong>and</strong> circulating blood meet in the rhythmic alternation of inhalation <strong>and</strong><br />

expiration (see also section 5.3.2.). In a functionally dynamic sense, this provides three<br />

differentiated areas in the organism. The principle of a triple-segmented organization<br />

into a nerve-sensory system, a rhythmic system, <strong>and</strong> a metabolic-muscle system has been<br />

further developed in the Anatomy Companion (Bie 2002). The rhythmic system provides<br />

the place where the two opposite dynamics are balanced out.<br />

Fig. 3.3. Characteristic dynamic processes within the organization

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