The flow regimes and the pressure-flow relationship in the canine urethra

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-541

  Lecamwasam, Harish S ^a   Sullivan, Maryrose P ^b   Yalla, Subbarao V ^b,d   Cravalho, Ernest G ^c  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrance length; Laminar flow; Reynolds number; Tube law; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DOG; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; LAMINAR FLOW; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; THEORY; TURBULENT FLOW; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DOGS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032835904     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1999)18:5<521::AID-NAU15>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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