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. 2009 Apr 29;297(2):F537–F548. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.90497.2008

Table 1.

Fraction of O2 supplied at the corticomedullary junction that reaches the IM

ftotal,IM, % fLDV,IM, % fLDL,IM, % fCD,IM, % Inline graphic, mmHg
Baseline* 19.5 92.4 5.5 4.0 45.7
No O2 consumption in OM 20.1 94.1 50.3 45.6 10.2
No basal O2 consumption in OM 19.6 92.7 5.5 4.2 46.0
No active transport-related O2 consumption in OM 20.0 93.7 48.0 43.1 11.8
Inline graphic = 0.1 Inline graphic 17.3 81.8 3.7 3.9 36.1
Inline graphic = 0.02 cm/s 19.9 94.2 4.7 6.4 46.2
Inline graphic = 0.06 cm/s 19.4 91.7 6.1 2.7 46.1
Inline graphic × 2 19.5 92.4 7.7 4.5 45.2
Po2 = 70 mmHg in DVR at x = 0 20.2 95.8 6.0 4.0 50.4
Inline graphic × 10 18.7 88.4 5.5 4.2 40.4
Inline graphic × 100 15.4 73.1 5.5 4.8 21.2
Inline graphic × 1,000 11.2 53.0 5.0 4.2 3.5
All LAL in R4 19.6 92.7 7.1 10.7 39.9
All SAL in R2 19.5 92.2 10.7 11.5 42.2
All SAL and LAL in R2 19.9 93.9 17.1 16.0 43.4
SDVa/SDVb = 20:80 20.0 94.6 6.1 4.5 47.6
SDVa/SDVb = 50:50 20.3 96.1 7.1 5.3 48.7
SDVa/SAVb = 80:20 20.5 96.9 8.1 6.3 49.0

ftotal,IM, Fraction of total O2 + HbO2 supplied at corticomedullary junction that reaches inner medulla (IM); fLDV,IM, fLDL,IM, and fCD,IM, fraction of O2 + HbO2 supplied to long descending vas rectum; long descending limb and collective duct, respectively at the corticomedullary junction that reaches the IM; Inline graphic, R1–R4 Inline graphic difference at the outer medulla-IM boundary.

*

Baseline case corresponds to the following parameter values: Inline graphic = 10 μM/s, TNa/Inline graphic =24, Inline graphic = (0.05) Inline graphic, Inline graphic = 0.04 cm/s, Hct = 35%, Po2 = 60 mmHg in descending vas rectum at x = 0, SDVa/SDVb = 1:99.