1 / 9

Fin whale thoracic aorta

Fin whale thoracic aorta. 25µm. 100µm. Collagen - red VSMC - brown. Collagen - yellow VSMC - brown. Gosline, JM & Chadwick, RE. J. Exp. Biol. 199, 985-997 (1996). Thoracic aorta. Rat. Fin whale. Whale and Rat Einc/strain plot. Human aorta. Common iliac artery. Femoral artery.

sachi
Download Presentation

Fin whale thoracic aorta

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fin whale thoracic aorta 25µm 100µm Collagen - red VSMC - brown Collagen - yellow VSMC - brown Gosline, JM & Chadwick, RE. J. Exp. Biol. 199, 985-997 (1996).

  2. Thoracic aorta Rat Fin whale

  3. Whale and Rat Einc/strain plot

  4. Human aorta

  5. Common iliac artery Femoral artery

  6. Rabbit aorta (freeze-fracture SEM) Collagen (freeze-fracture SEM)

  7. Endothelium

  8. An idea of scale

  9. Einc = k1∆Pr/h.r/∆r = k3PWV2 Ep = k2∆P.r/∆r Functional Stiffness (E) Geometry (h/r) Occlusive disease/hyp. Zc = k3(Ep)1/2 ≈ ∆P/∆Q Pulse wave reflection Elastic reservoir (Impedance, Z) Pulsatile Peripheral resistance, R Smooth muscle tone Steady Structure function relationships in arteries Chemical composition Material Stiffness (Y) = Einc.h/R Structure Heart work

More Related