Peristaltic flow in a tapered channel: Application to embryo transport within the uterine cavity

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 475-484

  Eytan, Osnat ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a   Elad, David ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo transport; Peristaltic motion; Reflux; Trapping; Uterine contraction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PHASE SHIFT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CYCLIC UTERINE PERISTALSIS; FERTILIZATION;

GYNECOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; IMPLANTATION; MYOMETRIUM; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0034807584     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1350-4533(01)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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