Diffusion-Perfusion Relationships in Skeletal Muscle: Models and Experimental Evidence from Inert Gas Washout

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The aim of the present research was to study the basic gas exchange mechanisms — diffusion and perfusion — and their interaction in order to better understand O2 and CO2 exchange in muscle tissue. Instead of the respiratory gases O2 and CO2, inert gases were used because their transfer behaviour is more easily analyzed due to absence of chemical combination and of comsumption or production. Keywords Washout Rate Muscle Blood Flow Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle Tritiated Water Venous Vessel These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.