Experimental study on the fluid mechanics of blood sucking in the proboscis of a female mosquito

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 857-864

  Lee, Sang Joon ^a   Kim, Bo Heum ^a   Lee, Jung Yeop ^a  

^a Department of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood sucking; Fluid mechanics; Food canal; Micro PIV; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BLOOD FLOWS; BLOOD SUCKING; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEEDING SPEED; FOOD CANAL; HAGEN-POISEUILLE FLOWS; HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; IN-VIVO; INSTANTANEOUS FLOWS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO-PIV; MICRO-SCALE; MICROMETER SCALE; MOSQUITO; PUMPING SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME-AVERAGED; VELOCITY FIELD MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATES; WAVE FORMS; WOMERSLEY NUMBERS;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BLOOD;

AEDES; AEDES TOGOI; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBOSCIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCIMETRY; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 64549102924     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.01.039     Document Type: Article

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