Volume flow estimation in the precapillary mesenteric microvasculature in vivo and the principle of constant pressure gradient

Biorheology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-491

  Koutsiaris, Aristotle G ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microvessels; Murray's law; Pulsating flow; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS;

EID: 33644617189     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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