“…As shown in Table 6, tissue oxygen levels in healthy individuals may vary due to (a) zonal structures (e.g., liver), (b) compartmentations within organs and tissues (e.g., eye, bone), (c) age-related changes (e.g., thymus), (d) different morphologies with special functions (e.g., brain, kidney), (e) existence of different tissue subtypes and their individual functions (e.g., white and brown adipose tissue), (f) adjacent tissue layers with specific functions (e.g., epidermis and dermis involved in thermoregulation), (g) organs that have a specific microvascular organization (e.g., closed [8,[92][93][94] vs. open circulation in the spleen), (h) tissues with dual, diffusive and convective, oxygen supply (e.g., skin), (i) hollow organs exposed to varying wall tensions (e.g., heart, aortic wall, urinary bladder), and (j) temporary, rapidly growing organ systems (e.g., fetal-placental unit). Note: It should be pointed out-as mentioned earlier in this article-that the oxygen extraction rate is a major determinant of the actual tissue oxygenation as already described for tumors (see Sect.…”