Arterial branching in man and monkey.
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- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 79 (3) , 353-360
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.79.3.353
Abstract
Vessel diameters and branching angles were measured from a large number of arterial bifurcations in the retina of a normal human subject and in that of a rhesus monkey. The results were compared with each other and with theoretical results on this subject.Keywords
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