title: Non-uniform strain distribution in papillary muscles.
abstract: Measurements of surface strains were made on small segments of intact papillary muscles of cats and rabbits. The measured strain is found to be non-uniform, both along the length and across the diameter of the papillary. This observation introduces difficulty in interpreting the data from experiments on the mechanics of the papillary muscle.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits