Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Oxygen Transport by Blood in Relation to Body Size

  • Letter
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Abstract

AN understanding of the mechanisms of oxygen transport in mammals requires a knowledge of the rate of oxygen consumption (which represents the quantity of oxygen transported), the arteriovenous oxygen concentration difference (which expresses the amount of oxygen delivered per unit of circulatory load), and the oxygen tension in mixed venous blood (which expresses the “activity” of oxygen in capillary blood). These factors have previously been compared in resting, unanaesthetized sheep and humans and a striking similarity of all three measurements was noted despite great species differences in blood haemoglobin concentration and oxygen affinity1.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Parer, J. T., Jones, W. D., and Metcalfe, J., Resp. Physiol., 2, 196 (1967).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Doyle, J. T., Patterson, J. L., Warren, J. V., and Detweiler, D. K., Circ. Res., 8, 4 (1960).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Bartels, H., and Harms, H., Pflügers Archiv., 268, 334 (1959).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Bartels, H., Beer, R., Fleischer, E., Hoffheinz, H. J., Krall, J., Rodewald, G., Wenner, J., and Witt, I., Pflügers. Archiv., 261, 99 (1955).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Barger, A. C., Richards, V., Metcalfe, J., and Günther, B., Amer. J. Physiol., 184, 613 (1956).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Korner, P. I., and Darien Smith, I., Austral. J. Exp. Biol. and Sci., 32, 499 (1954).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Severinghaus, J. W., J. App. Physiol., 12, 485 (1964).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Popovic, V. P., and Kent, K. M., Amer. J. Physiol., 207, 767 (1964).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Schmidt-Nielsen, K., and Larimer, J. L., Amer. J. Physiol., 195, 424 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Popovic, V., Amer. J. Physiol., 207, 1345 (1964).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Krogh, A., J. Physiol. (Lond.), 52, 409 (1919).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Schmidt-Nielsen, K., and Pennycuik, P., Amer. J. Physiol., 200, 746 (1961).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Kleiber, M., The Fire of Life (Wiley and Sons, New York, 1961).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. J. T. PARER

    Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Heart Research Laboratory, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon

    J. T. PARER & JAMES METCALFE

Authors
  1. J. T. PARER
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. JAMES METCALFE
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

PARER, J., METCALFE, J. Oxygen Transport by Blood in Relation to Body Size. Nature 215, 653–654 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215653a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/215653a0

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation