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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2008 May;15(4):349–357. doi: 10.1080/10739680701745388

Figure 6.

Figure 6

A) Mean percent decrease from baseline of total resistance (± SEM) for 1st-5th order vessels (n=10 per vessel group) after application of local heat for 20 min. Resistance normalized to the percent change in total resistance. Fifth order vessels exhibited the greatest decrease in resistance after 20 min of heating (*, p<0.00001), providing evidence that they substantially affect flow in the microcirculation with the application of local heat. B) Relative contributions of vessel orders 1-5 on total resistance of the network during 1st, 5th, and 15th minute of local heat. Total resistance normalized by baseline total resistance. Fifth order vessels play the largest role in altering total network resistance throughout local heating.