Figure 2. The aspiration rate influences the maximum aspiration length and subsequent equilibrium recovery length as well as the increase in cell volume that occurs during aspiration.
a) Median and quartiles values for cells subjected to 7 cmH2O aspiration pressure applied at 0.35, 0.70 and 5.48 cmH2O/sec. All cells showed a statistically significant reduction in aspiration length during the recovery period (+, p<0.05). The median percentage recovery in aspiration length is given in parentheses. b) There was a linear relationship between the maximum aspiration length at 7 cmH2O and the equilibrium recovery length at 0 cmH2O.