Nitric oxide is a compound that acts as a signaling molecule in the vascular system, dilating blood vessels and increasing nutrient and
oxygen delivery to all muscle cells.
Not exact matches
As we said before NO increases blood flow and
oxygen delivery to the
cells, and by that it increases the
delivery of the nutrients and anti inflammation components
to the
muscle cells, allowing the
muscles to recover from the intense workout faster.
When
cells within the endothelium produce more nitric oxide, blood vessels dilate and can deliver more
oxygen delivery to muscles and tissues.
The conversion of calories from their stored nutrient state
to the form that can be burned by your
muscle cells is achieved, during aerobic exercise, through the process of cellular respiration, which requires
oxygen, and the
delivery of
oxygen through your bloodstream
to your active
muscle cells is directly related
to your heart rate.
Delivery of
oxygen to your
cells requires pulmonary (or lung) ventilation
to bring the
oxygen into your body, diffusion of the
oxygen from the air in your lungs into the blood in the capillaries that surround them, cardiac (or heart) contraction
to pump the blood through your body
to your
muscles, and diffusion of the
oxygen from your blood into your
muscle cells.
If there is excessive loss of potassium this can lead
to generalized
muscle weakness, paralytic ileus, and even cardiac arrhythmias which can adversely affect the
delivery of
oxygen and nutrients
to the
cells.