Oxygen diffusion within arterioles and venules

Oxygen transfer was studied within the arterioles and venules (40 to 100 μm in diameter) of a hamster cheek pouch retractor muscle. Previously obtained transluminal oxygen saturation, red blood cell velocity, and hemoglobin concentration were used for the analysis. Because of branching and transfer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mancuso, Thomas
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42921
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082009-171201/