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Rat Mesentery Angiogenesis Assay
Published on: June 18, 2011
[Blood flow distribution in the branches of frog mesentery arterial microvessels]
Abstract:
The blood flow distribution in 49 arterial branchings of the mesentery (R. temporaria) was investigated (D of the trunk = 25.7 + 0.0 mum). Linear rate was measured by the impulse digital chronometry of the intervals of the erythrocyte transit time. The geometric characteristics of the branching was determined in vivo, on photographs. An asymmetric structure of the investigated branching was shown; branch 1 had the inner initial cross-section which was 2.2 times greater than that of branch 2 and lesser turning angles (29 and 59 degrees). The blood flow in branch 1 was three times greater than the blood flow in branch 2; this was due to its greater inner initial cross-section and a higher linear rate. According to calculations, the blood flow resistance of the branch-turn was insignificant in the general blood flow resistance of branches; therefore the turning angle of the branches could not serve as an important regulator of the volume of the blood flowing in them. An experimentally revealed association between the blood flow in the branches, their radius and their turning angles is well described by equations of the "optimal" model of the vessel branching.
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