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Are the precapillary sphincters and metarterioles universal components of the microcirculation? An historical review

The microcirculation is a major topic in current physiology textbooks and is frequently explained with schematics including the precapillary sphincters and metarterioles. We re-evaluated the validity and applicability of the concepts precapillary sphincters and metarterioles by reviewing the histori...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Tatsuo, Hosoyamada, Yasue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23824465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12576-013-0274-7