Flow patterns in a model of a contracting muscle
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 5 (3) , 396-405
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/5.3.396
Abstract
A permeable flexible 'capillary' enclosed with fluid in a compliant capsule simulated the muscle. Transmural pressure determined capillary conductance (flow/pressure). Capsular compression ('contraction') collapsed the capillary, reduced conductance, and filtered fluid back into the capillary. Decompression dropped intracapsular pressure, and conductance increased (hyperaemia). Effects of strength, duration, number of compressions, arterial, and venous pressures resembled results in man.Keywords
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