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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol. 1996 Mar;270(3 Pt 2):H1115–H1130. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.3.H1115

Table 2. Effects of capillary flow rate and parenchymal cell clearance rate for oxygen on transport and metabolic rate of oxygen.

Fcap, ml·g−1·min−1 oGpc, ml·g−1·min−1 Extraction, % Parenchymal [O2], μmol/ml MRo2, μmol·g−1·min−1
1.00 2.0 62 1.27 2.55
1.50 2.0 47 1.46 2.93
2.25 2.0 35 1.61 3.22
1.00 4.0 71 0.74 2.96
1.00 8.0 77 0.40 3.20
1.50 4.0 57 0.88 3.52
2.25 8.0 48 0.56 4.50

Fcap, capillary flow; oGpc, oxygen clearance (gulosity) in parenchymal cell; MRo2, metabolic rate of O2.