Table 2.

Murine visceral lymphatic vessel contractile parameters

Pressure, cmH2O	Mesentery Afferent	Thoracic Duct	Iliac Efferent
	End-diastolic diameter, μm
0.5	67.3 ± 5.6	137 ± 6	133 ± 10
1	70.2 ± 5.6	152 ± 5	146 ± 10
2	70.2 ± 4.4	164 ± 4	155 ± 11
3	70.2 ± 3.5	168 ± 4	160 ± 12
5	72.5 ± 3.4	174 ± 4	165 ± 14
8	80.8 ± 3.5	179 ± 3	169 ± 14
10	84.7 ± 3.6	181 ± 2	172 ± 14
	Tone, %passive diameter
0.5	23.6 ± 4.6	9.9 ± 1.9	9.5 ± 1.7
1	22.6 ± 4.7	12.1 ± 2.6	8.3 ± 1.4
2	25.3 ± 4.5	12.2 ± 2.9	8.0 ± 1.6
3	26.6 ± 4.0	12.1 ± 2.7	7.2 ± 1.6
5	26.4 ± 3.5	10.1 ± 2.8	8.6 ± 3.4
8	19.2 ± 3.4	8.2 ± 2.1	8.1 ± 2.8
10	15.5 ± 3.6	7.1 ± 2.0	7.7 ± 2.5
	Ejection fraction
0.5	0.07 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.00
1	0.10 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.00
2	0.08 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00
3	0.06 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00
5	0.04 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00
8	0.02 ± 0.01	<0.01	<0.01
10	0.02 ± 0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	Frequency, contractions/min
0.5	4.4 ± 1.2	2.3 ± 0.9	7.6 ± 1.4
1	5.6 ± 0.9	4.9 ± 2.4	7.2 ± 1.0
2	7.8 ± 0.8	3.5 ± 2.2	10.0 ± 1.3
3	9.1 ± 0.9	5.0 ± 3.1	6.4 ± 1.6
5	7.9 ± 1.5	3.3 ± 3.3	6.3 ± 1.6
8	6.5 ± 1.8	4.3 ± 4.3	5.0 ± 1.7
10	6.7 ± 1.8	0	5.5 ± 2.0

Values are means ± SE; n = 12 mesenteric, 5 iliac, and 11 thoracic duct vessels.