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J Appl Physiol 47: 175-181, 1979;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 47, Issue 1 175-181, Copyright © 1979 by American Physiological Society

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Improved measurements of shear modulus and pleural membrane tension of the lung

M. A. Hajji, T. A. Wilson and S. J. Lai-Fook

The continuum solution for the deformation of an elastic half space covered by a membrane is used to interpret measurements of the indentation of lung lobes under a column of fluid. The shear modulus mu of the underlying parenchyma is found to be approximately 0.7 times transpulmonary pressure, independent of species size. The tension in the pleural membrane T increases rapidly with increasing membrane area. For dog lungs, the value of T is 10(3) to 10(4) dyn/cm. For the larger species tested, pigs and horses, T is larger. The continuum solution shows that a concentrated force applied to the pleural surface is distributed over a distance T/mu as it is transmitted across the pleural membrane. The membrane is important in determining the displacement produced by forces that act within a region that is small compared to this distance, approximately 2 cm for dog lungs. By comparing the tension-area curve of the pleural membrane with the pressure-volume curve of the lobe, it is found that the pleural membrane contributes about 20% of the work done by the lung during deflation.


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