Microvascular research.
Publisher:
Academic Press.
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:1968 -
ISSN:
0026-2862 (Print)
1095-9319 (Electronic)
0026-2862 (Linking)
1095-9319 (Electronic)
0026-2862 (Linking)
Impact Factor
3.1
2022
| NLM ID: | 0165035 |
| (DNLM): | M34820000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01608379 |
| Coden: | MIVRA6 |
| LCCN: | 68006740 |
| Classification: | W1 MI313N |
Capillary-tissue arrangement in the skeletal muscle optimized for oxygen transport in all mammals. The aim of this computer simulation study is to evaluate the efficiency of capillary networks in the skeletal muscle for oxygen (O2) delivery to tissue for all mammals. This was performed by: (1) employing Krogh's cylinder model for the capillary-tissue system and the minimum volume model for the vascular system, (2) allometrically assessing the muscle blood flow and O2 consumption rate (the main input data) in the resting and exercising states as power functions of body weight from the data reported for several mammals, and (3) calculating the cost-performance of the system from the ratio (ma...