Boundary value problems in microcirculatory physiology (Q1175138)

The authors have attempted to achieve two objectives in the present paper. First, they reviewed the basic equations of microcirculatory transport and exchange and some of the boundary value problems that have been studied using these equations. Next, they presented a new approach to mathematically modeling microcirculatory phenomena intended to describe interaction among many capillaries over a large region of an organ. Attention is focused on capillary-tissue fluid exchange, oxygen transport to tissue and the exchange of small solutes carried in the blood.