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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2016 Apr 4;15(6):1601–1618. doi: 10.1007/s10237-016-0785-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Model of the relationship between pressure, flow, and diameter in a single lymphangion pump. Pressure and diameter are calculated using a constitutive relationship together with previously obtained experimental data. Conservation of mass ensures that flow across the valves (determined by pressure drop) must equal the flow through the vessel (determined by change in diameter). All other parameters are prescribed.