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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011 Mar 10;19(7):911–918. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.03.002

Table 4A.

Comparison of tissue volume based oxygen consumption rate in the TMJ disc and other cartilaginous tissues.

Type of joint and species Medium glucose (mM) Volume based oxygen consumption rate (μmol/mL tissue/hr) Reference
Bovine Knee cartilage 0 0.11 [46]
10 0.21 [46]
Porcine knee cartilage 0 0.94 [23]
5 0.45 [23]
10 0.4 [23]
Bovine AF n/a 0.68 [29]
Bovine NP n/a 0.75 [29]
Porcine TMJ disc 5 1.44 Present study