… the capillary network. The capillary network then converges back into progressively larger
… Velocity profiles of human blood at normal and reduced hematocrit in glass tubes up to 130 …

… and PS in a tumor-inspired 3D microvascular network. Our intention was to understand the
extent to … S6 show that for larger values of λ , the differences in the oxygen distribution in the …

… better understanding of oxygen transport in microcirculation. … actual microcirculation, it allows
us to focus on major factors … much more complicated in microvascular networks (Cassot et al…

… oxygen. The present work aims to analyze and predict the hematocrit distribution in microvascular
networks … , and it varies steadily over time in wide vessels but periodically fluctuates in …

… major feature in microvascular networks is … oxygen heterogeneity in tumor tissue. They
reported that the tumor vasculature can bias the hematocrit distribution in tumor vascular networks …

… flow directions in large parts of the network. Such specification … In reality, hematocrit varies
in microvascular networks as a … tissue oxygenation by extensive microvascular networks with …

… (CTH) and capillary hematocrit (HCT) across open capillaries … B: the corresponding relation
for a tissue volume with a large … Simulations of blood flow through microvascular networks …

… , leading to increased tissue oxygen at a network level 13 . We … distribution of RBCs, and
therefore haematocrit, at a network … over a wide range of inlet haematocrits to the network, from …

… the oxygen delivery and solute transport to tissues. This process relies on the partitioning of
RBCs at successive bifurcations throughout the microvascular network, … usually exhibit large …

… in blood flow and hematocrit. Mechanisms have evolved to … Microvascular networks must
therefore combine hierarchical … to the heterogeneity of tissue oxygen levels. Arrow with blunt …