The Major Physiological Control Mechanisms of Blood Flow and Oxygen Delivery

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationChemistry and Biochemistry of Oxygen Therapeutics
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Transfusion to Artificial Blood
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages23-45
Number of pages23
ISBN (Print)9780470686683
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 4 2011

Keywords

  • Blood flow autoregulation - and perfusion pressure changes
  • Blood flow autoregulation - fundamental characteristic of vasoregulation
  • Blood flow metabolic regulation - in tissues
  • Bulk O2 transport to microcirculation - product of arterial O2 content, and blood flow
  • Carbon monoxide hypoxia - decrease in CaO2 and decrease in p50
  • Major physiological control mechanisms - of blood flow and oxygen delivery
  • Perfusion of microcirculation - and arterio-venous pressure gradient
  • Primary mechanism of myogenic response - stretch-activated channel stimulation
  • Vascular smooth muscle - and intrinsic myogenic tone, with transmural pressure
  • Vasomotor tone, endothelial control - in vascular smooth muscle regulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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