Myoglobin content and oxygen diffusion: Model analysis of horse and steer muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Conley, Kevin E ^a   Jones, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; blood oxygen content; capillary density; maximum oxygen consumption; mitochondrial volume density; oxygen partial pressure

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE; HORSE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030477349     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.6.c2027     Document Type: Article

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