Relation of body mass to oxygen consumption rate in dental pulp.
Oxygen consumption rates of dentinogenically active dental pulp at 38 C have been determined for 13 different species of mammals ranging from 18.6 gm to 800 kg in mean body mass. The QO2 is inversely related to body mass. The influence of body mass on the oxygen consumption rate seems to be about ten times greater in animals weighing less than 18 kg than it is in larger animals.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003670:Deer / Q000378:metabolism; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption