Regional differences in blood volume and blood transit time in resting skeletal muscle.
We examined regional differences in blood volume and transit time along the length of a resting skeletal muscle by positron emission tomography. In contrast, blood volume didn't change. The blood transit time increased significantly from proximal to distal portions, suggesting that blood flow velocity slows even though there are no changes in blood volume.
Mizuno
Masaki
M
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Kimura
Yuichi
Y
Iwakawa
Takashi
T
Oda
Keiichi
K
Ishii
Kenji
K
Ishiwata
Kiichi
K
Nakamura
Yoshio
Y
Muraoka
Isao
I
D000328:Adult; D001810:Blood Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed