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. 2001 Feb;125(2):1045–1060. doi: 10.1104/pp.125.2.1045

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Balance of forces acting on a statolith. Fg is the force due to gravity, Fb is the buoyant force, Fd is the force due to drag, and Fe is the elastic force from cytoskeletal (or other organelle) interaction (a total force possibly composed of both tensile and compressive forces).