Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 5.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2008 Dec 13;42(1):1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.011

Axial force-pressure data collected during cyclic pressurization tests performed on the same artery at the same axial extension before (——) and after two days of culture (). In particular, the solid curve shows data before culture at an axial extension of 1.95, which was well above the in vivo value of 1.87 (FVB/N mice); the dot-dashed curve shows data at the same extension following two days of culture at that extension. As it can be seen, the vessel tended to exhibit a near constant force after two days suggesting it had adapted to its elevated stretch.

Inline graphic — Axial force-pressure data collected during cyclic pressurization tests performed on the same artery at the same axial extension before (——) and after two days of culture (). In particular, the solid curve shows data before culture at an axial extension of 1.95, which was well above the in vivo value of 1.87 (FVB/N mice); the dot-dashed curve shows data at the same extension following two days of culture at that extension. As it can be seen, the vessel tended to exhibit a near constant force after two days suggesting it had adapted to its elevated stretch.