Arterial Branching in Man and Monkey

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Journal J Gen Physiol

Specialty Physiology

Date 1982 Mar 1

PMID 7077288

Citations 15

Authors

M Zamir

J A Medeiros

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Abstract

Vessel diameters and branching angles are measured from a large number of arterial bifurcations in the retina of a normal human subject and in that of a rhesus monkey. The results are compared with each other and with theoretical results on this subject.

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