The effects of compliance on measurement of hydraulic conductivity in microvessels.
A method for the measurement of compliance in mesenteric frog capillaries and rat venules is described briefly. The error introduced by capillary compliance in the measurement of hydraulic conductivity is then discussed in the light of these measurements and some of the recent literature on hydraulic conductivity are reassessed.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001769:Blood; D002196:Capillaries / Q000502:physiology*; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D003187:Compliance; D008433:Mathematics; D008643:Mesentery / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats; D012212:Rheology; D014699:Venules / Q000502:physiology