3-D Tissue

Respiratory functions of blood

  • Liver inlet O2 tension is 90mmHg
  • Liver has 100 billion hepatocytes
  • Outlet O2 tension is 35mmHg
  • Blood flow rate is 3.5 litres/minute
  • Using Fick's law oxygen uptake rate is 1.2nmols/s/106 hepatocytes
  • In vitro measurements of oxygen uptake rate are about 0.4 nmols/s/106 hepatocytes

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