Mechanical design in arteries

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3305-3313

  Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery wall; Collagen; Elastic modulus; Elastin; Lamellar unit; Non linear elasticity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033397943     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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