Gravity and Human Respiration: Biophysical Limitations in Mass Transport and Exchange in Spaceflight Environments

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>A major requirement for humans is a breathable atmosphere for adequate respiratory CO2/O2 gas exchange. In microgravity, despite environmental life support systems regulating air exchange, astronauts complain about air quality, with elevated CO2-levels resulting in detrimental health and performance effects. Using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics, we create a model of human re...

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• Bone and Bones
• Environment
• High Altitude and Hypoxia
• Mice
• Phenotype
• Space Flight
• Spaceflight effects on biology
• Weightlessness

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Literature Corpus work

01429a42-d9c1-513f-9794-c16dcf2d881e

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-7926384/v1