Oxygen delivery to skeletal muscle fibers: Effects of microvascular unit structure and control mechanisms

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 3 54-3, 2003, Pages

  Lo, Arthur ^a   Fuglevand, Andrew J ^b   Secomb, Timothy W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Conducted response; Flow regulation; Motor units; Oxygen diffusion; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 0041859216     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00278.2003     Document Type: Article

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