Phenomena and Processes

Oxygen Consumption

The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346)

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The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346)

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3 entry terms
  • Consumption, Oxygen
  • Consumptions, Oxygen
  • Oxygen Consumptions

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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TN 145: oxygen metab

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History Note

66; was see under ENERGY METABOLISM & TISSUE METABOLISM 1963-65

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  1. G03w.680

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WF 110

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oxygen Consumption. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010101. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010101
  2. Oxygen Consumption. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70339049