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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 5.

Figure 5

Functional flow metrics and mechanical conditions for a single pumping lymphangion as a function of increasing afterload. (A) Time-averaged shear stress increases as a function of afterload. (B) Time-averaged circumferential stress on the endothelium decreases as a function of afterload. (C) Ejection fraction decreases as afterload increases. (D) Contractile amplitude decreases as a function of afterload. (E) Contractile frequency increases as a function of afterload. (F) Average flow rate decreases as afterload increases.