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Investigations over the years into the local oxygen supply in various organs have revealed (with the exception of the heart and kidneys) an interesting discrepancy between the mean tissue and venous pO2 values. The latter values were found to be higher than might be expected (Kessler et al., 1976) indicating a heterogeneity of capillary flow through the organ. More specifically, studies of the spatial distribution of local pO2 at the surface of skeletal muscle have revealed considerable differences in mean tissue pO2 values between different capillary supply units (Fig. 1) confirming that a large degree of heterogeneity in flow probably exists.
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Harrison, D.K., Birkenhake, S., Knauf, S., Hagen, N., Beier, I., Kessler, M. (1988). The Role of High Flow Capillary Channels in the Local Oxygen Supply to Skeletal Muscle. In: Mochizuki, M., Honig, C.R., Koyama, T., Goldstick, T.K., Bruley, D.F. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue X. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 222. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9510-6_77
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