Microcirculation - Updates in the Next Frontier of Vascular Disease 2023
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1001965
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Cutaneous Microcirculation of the Foot

Gayathri Victoria Balasubramanian,
Roozbeh Naemi

Abstract: The skin, the body’s largest organ, acts as a shield against infections and injuries. The skin has an inherent ability to autoregulate its blood flow, which depends on extrinsic/intrinsic factors. This function is facilitated by a complex regulatory system that includes local regulation of cutanemicrocirculation involving sensory and autonomic fibres. These play important roles in thermoregulation, maintenance of homeostasis, defence, inflammatory response and nutrition. Any structural or functional damage to … Show more

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