Flow rates in the head and neck lymphatics after food stimulation in healthy subjects. Clinical value.
In 22 healthy subjects lymph transport flow rates was studied in the head lymphatics after food stimulation, mastication (chewing) and taste. After food stimulation there was a significantly higher transport rate (0.67 meter/hour) than after taste (0.57 meter/hour) and mastication (0.55 meter/hour). The calculation of transport flow rate was independent of quantitative distribution of radioactivity in the head and neck lymphatics, and it could therefore perhaps be of clinical value.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000502:physiology; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck