Modelling inert gas exchange in tissue and mixed−venous blood return to the lungs
JP Whiteley‚ DJ Gavaghan and CEW Hahn
Abstract
Inert gas exchange in tissue has been almost exclusively modelled by using an ordinary differential equation. The mathematical model that is used to derive this ordinary differential equation assumes that the partial pressure of an inert gas (which is proportional to the content of that gas) is a function only of time. This mathematical model does not allow for spatial variations in inert gas partial pressure. This model is also dependent only on the ratio of blood flow to tissue volume, and so does not take account of the shape of the body compartment or of the density of the capillaries that supply blood to this tissue. The partial pressure of a given inert
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| Journal |
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY |
| Keywords |
muscle |
| Number |
4 |
| Pages |
431–443 |
| Volume |
209 |
| Year |
2001 |
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