Optimal postnodal lymphatic network structure that maximizes active propulsion of lymph

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Venugopal, Arun M ^a   Quick, Christopher M ^a   Laine, Glen A ^a   Stewart, Randolph H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; Fractal; Optimum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENTERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; FRACTALS; LYMPH; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MESENTERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 61949389562     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00360.2008     Document Type: Article

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