Biomedical Engineering Reference
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CHAPTER
7
Mass Transport and Heat Transfer in
t
he Microcirculatio
n
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1.
Estimate the rate of gas diffusion between
the respiratory system and the
cardiovascular system
molecular weights, different sizes, and
different net charges
9.
Consider the energy of adhesion during
transport
2.
Use Fick's Laws of diffusion to quantify
diffusion flux
10.
Analyze the strength of various molecular
forces, including adhesion, cohesion, and
electrostatic forces
3.
Determine the rate-limiting steps in gas
diffusion into or out of red blood cells
4.
11.
Calculate the strength of molecular forces
Learn important mass transport
dimensionless parameters
12.
Model the organization of water in the
vicinity of a charged surface
5.
Relate kinetic reactions to diffusion
reactions
13.
Learn methods to describe transport
through porous media
6.
Analyze the tissue oxygenation area with
the Krogh model
14.
Analyze internal forced convection within
the microcirculation
7.
Explain mechanisms for glucose (and other
large molecules) transport into the
extravascular space
15.
Describe how white blood cells adhere to
the endothelial cell surface and transfer to
the extravascular space
8.
Model the vascular permeability for
various compounds with different
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