Figure 7: Correlation between SO2 and blood flow along the capillary paths.
Dependence of the mean measured SO2 along the capillary path on a number of branches in a capillary path between precapillary arteriole and postcapillary venule. Simulated blood flow averaged along the same capillary paths is indicated above each bar (blue numbers). Star symbols indicate significant difference (Student’s t-test, P<0.05) when comparing with the results for three capillary branches (black asterisk—SO2; white asterisk—blood flow). Data are expressed as mean±s.e.m. and were estimated averaging over all vessels over all animals. There were n=3 mice.
