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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2016 Dec 14;52:61–67. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.12.008

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Simulation results depicting swirling strength and streamlines for all subjects with rounded jugular bulbs. Top Row: Swirling strength distributions throughout the jugular vein representing regions of vortical flow. Note the presence of strong (red) vortex cores in the jugular bulb parallel to flow. Middle Row: Streamlines representing the flow field within the jugular vein. Note that most streamlines from the sigmoid sinus fall straight into the internal jugular vein. Bottom Row: Streamlines visualized with swirling strength. Streamlines are uncolored to emphasize secondary flow structures.