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Fig. 1 | Critical Care

Fig. 1

From: Regulation of blood flow and volume exchange across the microcirculation

Fig. 1

Autoregulatory responsiveness of smooth muscle cells to stimuli within the different vessel segments. The reaction of resistance to signals differs between different segments of the increasingly branching vascular tree. It is reasonable that metabolic impact can be found mainly close to the capillary diffusion and exchange area while the influence of hemodynamics is more prominent within the sections next to the large arteries (further explanations in the text)

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