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First published online April 26, 2005
Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 1687-1694 (2005)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2005
doi: 10.1242/jeb.01622

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Modeling of vascular networks

Thomas H. Dawson

United States Naval Academy, 590 Holloway Road, Annapolis, MD, 21402, USA

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Branching of systemic vessels in mammals illustrating vascular networks of capillaries and associated arterioles and venules.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Data for capillary density (no. capillaries per mm2) in masseter muscle. (Data source: Schmidt-Neilsen and Pennycuik, 1961.)

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Data for capillary radius in lungs, with only selected mammals indicated. (Data source: Gehr et al., 1981.)

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Data for oxygen pressure in blood (75% saturation) of mammals, with only selected mammals identified. Data mainly from Schmidt-Neilsen and Larimer (1958). Value for the elephant is from Bartels et al. (1963). 1 mmHg 133.3 Pa.

View larger version (37K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Classical view of exchange of water and dissolved substances with surrounding systemic tissue. (Data source: Guyton, 1971.)

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. Drug concentration (µg ml-1 of blood plasma) per unit of initial dose (mg kg-1 of body weight) as a function of time for the human. (Data sources: Dedrick et al., 1971; Henderson et al., 1965.)