Topography and function of the mesenteric capillary circulation
Topography and function of the mesenteric capillary circulation
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1000750204
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发表时间:
1944-09-01
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Zwetifach, BW
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作者:
Chambers, R;Zwetifach, BW
The results presented in this paper offer evidence for the existence, in the capillary bed of the omentum of the dog and the mesoappendix of the rat, of a precise mechanism for conditioning the rate and amt. of blood flow through the bed. The relative autonomy of the capillary circulation depends largely on 2 features. One is the highly specific arrangement of the muscular vessels of the capillary bed. The other is the exposed disposition of its muscular elements which, although normally subject to constrictor nerve impulses, readily come under the relaxing influence of local tissue conditions. A new term, metarteriole, is introduced to indicate the discontinuously muscular, proximal portion of the capillary-like central channel which courses through the capillary bed from the terminal arteriole to the beginning venule. The metarteriole and its precapillary offshoots, supplied with sphincters, are highly reactive to constrictor and dilator drugs. Under normal conditions they spontaneously undergo alternating constrictor and dilator phases. This type of movement, termed vasomotion, controls the ischemia and hyperemia of the capillary bed.