Functional organization of lymphatic microvessels of the rat mesentery
Brill', G.E.; Galanzha, E.I.; Ul'ianov, S.S.; Tuchin, V.V.; Stepanova, T.V.; Solov'eva, A.V.
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova 87(5): 600-607
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-8139 PMID: 11452794 Document Number: 538523
Lymph flow as measured with biomicroscopic and speckle-interferometrical techniques was very unstable and its rate did not depend on lymphangion diameter in the rat mesentery. A correlation was found between amount of cells in the lymph flow and other indices of lymphangion functions. All microvessels with phasic contractions and/or working valve were revealed as having a lymph flow. The phasic activity and the valve work correlated with each other. The higher the amplitude and frequency of the phasic activity and the longer the contraction cycle, the higher was the rate of the valve work.