Gas deposition by counter-current multiplication in the eel swim-bladder: experimental verification of a mathematical model.
1. Blood pO2 along the rete of eel has been investigated with a microelectrode, the swim-bladder gas being replaced by air. 2. When the eel does not secrete gas, the pO2 profile is flat, whereas in actively secreting eel the pO2, along the rete has a maximum of approximately 1 atm near the bladder pole of the rete. 3. The findings confirm predictions of a mathematical model for counter current multiplication in the swim-bladder.
D000400:Air Sacs / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004524:Eels / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure
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