Regulation of Blood Flow through Ventral Pelvic Skin by Environmental Water and NaCl in the Toad Bufo woodhousei

1992 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Malvin ◽  
Laura Hood ◽  
Marlene Sanchez
1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (4) ◽  
pp. R814-R821 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Malvin ◽  
S. Macias ◽  
M. Sanchez ◽  
R. Dasalla ◽  
A. Park ◽  
...  

Hypoxia rapidly increases hematocrit (Hct) in anuran amphibians by reducing plasma volume, but the mechanism(s) mediating this response is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that, during hypoxia, plasma volume is reduced by impaired lymph heart (LH) function, decreasing lymph flow into the circulation. In Bufo woodhousei, we measured the effects of hypoxia on Hct, lymph heart rate (LHR), LH pressure, the movement of dye from the dorsal lymph sac to the arterial blood, and flow through an open LH cannula. We also tested whether splenic contraction or cholinergic nerves contribute to the hypoxia-induced changes. Graded hypoxia between 21 and 4% O2 produced graded increases in Hct (P < 0.0001) and decreases in LHR (P = 0.01). Hypoxia reduced the rate of increase in arterial Evans blue concentration after injection into the dorsal lymph sac (P = 0.041) and decreased flow through an open LH cannula (P < 0.012). Hypoxia increased Hct and reduced LHR similarly in control, splenectomized, and sham-splenectomized toads. Atropine had no significant effect on Hct and LHR. These results indicate that the LHs play a regulatory role in hypoxia-induced hemoconcentration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 871-879
Author(s):  
Rajesh Shrivastava ◽  
R. S. Chandel ◽  
Ajay Kumar ◽  
Keerty Shrivastava and Sanjeet Kumar

2021 ◽  
Vol 1094 (1) ◽  
pp. 012120
Author(s):  
Hussein Togun ◽  
Ali Abdul Hussain ◽  
Saja Ahmed ◽  
Iman Abdul hussain ◽  
Huda Shaker

Dynamics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Andrea Natale Impiombato ◽  
Giorgio La Civita ◽  
Francesco Orlandi ◽  
Flavia Schwarz Franceschini Zinani ◽  
Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha ◽  
...  

As it is known, the Womersley function models velocity as a function of radius and time. It has been widely used to simulate the pulsatile blood flow through circular ducts. In this context, the present study is focused on the introduction of a simple function as an approximation of the Womersley function in order to evaluate its accuracy. This approximation consists of a simple quadratic function, suitable to be implemented in most commercial and non-commercial computational fluid dynamics codes, without the aid of external mathematical libraries. The Womersley function and the new function have been implemented here as boundary conditions in OpenFOAM ESI software (v.1906). The discrepancy between the obtained results proved to be within 0.7%, which fully validates the calculation approach implemented here. This approach is valid when a simplified analysis of the system is pointed out, in which flow reversals are not contemplated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 003685042110316
Author(s):  
Salman Akhtar ◽  
Luthais B McCash ◽  
Sohail Nadeem ◽  
Salman Saleem ◽  
Alibek Issakhov

The electro-osmotically modulated hemodynamic across an artery with multiple stenosis is mathematically evaluated. The non-Newtonian behaviour of blood flow is tackled by utilizing Casson fluid model for this flow problem. The blood flow is confined in such arteries due to the presence of stenosis and this theoretical analysis provides the electro-osmotic effects for blood flow through such arteries. The mathematical equations that govern this flow problem are converted into their dimensionless form by using appropriate transformations and then exact mathematical computations are performed by utilizing Mathematica software. The range of the considered parameters is given as [Formula: see text]. The graphical results involve combine study of symmetric and non-symmetric structure for multiple stenosis. Joule heating effects are also incorporated in energy equation together with viscous effects. Streamlines are plotted for electro-kinetic parameter [Formula: see text] and flow rate [Formula: see text]. The trapping declines in size with incrementing [Formula: see text], for symmetric shape of stenosis. But the size of trapping increases for the non-symmetric case.


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