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Abstract
A mounting gradient of permeability exists along the capillaries of frog muscle. In chicken muscle on the other hand none has been demonstrated; but the close-knit vascularization is arranged in duplicate in such manner that the blood runs in opposite directions through the capillaries of nearly adjacent fibres. In a flight muscle of the pigeon there exists in addition to this artifice what appears to be a special collecting system of venous capillaries. In the mammalian diaphragm indications of such a system are also to be found, and a gradient of capillary permeability like that in the other skeletal muscles is probably present. These vascular conditions are briefly considered in terms of function.Entities:
Year: 1931 PMID: 19869836 PMCID: PMC2131932 DOI: 10.1084/jem.53.2.195
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307