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Pathway for oxygen, from air to skeletal muscle. Oxygen uptake from lungs to final destination, the mitochondria. The rate-limiting step (red arrow) for maximal oxygen uptake is oxygen delivery (cardiac output) in healthy subjects, whereas the rate-limiting step for maximal oxygen uptake is oxygen extraction in patients with mitochondrial myopathy (final step).
