A computational study of the effect of capillary network anastomoses and tortuosity on oxygen transport

D Goldman, AS Popel - Journal of theoretical biology, 2000 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of capillary network anastomoses
and tortuosity on oxygen transport in skeletal muscle, as well as the importance of muscle …

A computational model of oxygen transport in skeletal muscle for sprouting and splitting modes of angiogenesis

JW Ji, NM Tsoukias, D Goldman, AS Popel - Journal of theoretical biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Oxygen transport from capillary networks in muscle at a high oxygen consumption rate was
simulated using a computational model to assess the relative efficacies of sprouting and …

A computational study of the effect of vasomotion on oxygen transport from capillary networks

D Goldman, AS Popel - Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2001 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of arteriolar vasomotion on oxygen
transport from capillary networks. A computational model was used to calculate blood flow …

[HTML][HTML] Calculations of intracapillary oxygen tension distributions in muscle

CD Eggleton, A Vadapalli, TK Roy, AS Popel - Mathematical biosciences, 2000 - Elsevier
Characterizing the resistances to O2 transport from the erythrocyte to the mitochondrion is
important to understanding potential transport limitations. A mathematical model is …

Simulation of O2 transport in skeletal muscle: diffusive exchange between arterioles and capillaries

TW Secomb, R Hsu - American Journal of Physiology-Heart …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
Theoretical simulations of oxygen transport in skeletal muscle are used to study the role of
arterioles in oxygen delivery. A three-dimensional configuration of capillaries and arterioles …

Modeling advection and diffusion of oxygen in complex vascular networks

DA Beard, JB Bassingthwaighte - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2001 - Springer
A realistic geometric model for the three-dimensional capillary network geometry is used as
a framework for studying the transport and consumption of oxygen in cardiac tissue. The …

Assessment and impact of heterogeneities of convective oxygen transport parameters in capillaries of striated muscle: experimental and theoretical

ML Ellsworth, AS Popel, RN Pittman - Microvascular research, 1988 - Elsevier
Convective oxygen transport parameters were determined in arteriolar (n= 5) and venular
(n= 5) capillary networks in the hamster cheek pouch retractor muscle. Simultaneously …

Geometrical distribution of capillaries in mammalian striated muscle

MJ Plyley, AC Groom - American Journal of Physiology …, 1975 - journals.physiology.org
Striated muscles of hindlimb, jaw, or tongue in dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, and guinea pigs were
perfused under high pressure with Microfil (a silicone elastomer of viscosity 20 cP approx.) …

Numerical simulation of blood flow through microvascular capillary networks

C Pozrikidis - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2009 - Springer
A numerical method is implemented for computing blood flow through a branching
microvascular capillary network. The simulations follow the motion of individual red blood …

Capillary lengths, anastomoses, and estimated capillary transit times in skeletal muscle

CR Honig, ML Feldstein… - American Journal of …, 1977 - journals.physiology.org
Total capillary length, capillary segment length, and number of anastomoses per capillary
were measured in rat gracilis muscle at rest and after 2 min of phasic contraction. Mean …