Regulation of Capillary Flow

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<p>Blood flow through capillary beds can ALSO be flexibly regulated based on local conditions in the tissue they serve</p>

Blood flow through capillary beds can ALSO be flexibly regulated based on local conditions in the tissue they serve

  • but NOT by the sympathetic nerv sys

  • capillary blood flow is regulated by pre-capillary sphincter muscles that are sensitive to local tissue conditions

→ PCO2

→ PO2

→ [Glucose]

→ temperature

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<p>High perfusion of blood through this capillary bed</p>

High perfusion of blood through this capillary bed

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<p>Low perfusion of blood through this capillary bed</p>

Low perfusion of blood through this capillary bed

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