fluid flow

Mechanical loads are required for optimal bone mass. One mechanism whereby mechanical loads are transduced into localized… (More)

Cilia, as motile and sensory organelles, have been implicated in normal development, as well as diseases including cystic kidney… (More)

Previous experimental and analytical studies of solute transport in the intervertebral disc have demonstrated that for small… (More)

Bone is a complex highly structured mechanically active 3D tissue composed of cellular and matrix elements. The true biological… (More)

Substantial insight has recently been achieved into the mechanisms responsible for the generation of left–right (L–R) asymmetry… (More)

Recently fluid flow has been shown to be a potent physical stimulus in the regulation of bone cell metabolism. However, most… (More)

Although it is well accepted that bone tissue metabolism is regulated by external mechanical loads, it remains unclear to what… (More)

An optical Doppler tomography (ODT) system that permits imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media is described… (More)

BACKGROUND In the arterial tree, regions exposed to reduced shear stress (low and/or disturbed flow) are predisposed to… (More)

Osteocytes are extremely sensitive to fluid shear stress, a phenomenon that may be related to mechanical adaptation of bone… (More)