Modeling design and functional integration in the oxygen and fuel pathways to working muscle

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-18

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lung; Mitochondria; Muscle; Respiratory system; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXERCISE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 2342574282     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CARE.0000025118.37085.45     Document Type: Article

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