Table 5. Dependence of the time-averaged... | Rockefeller University Press

Table 5.

Dependence of the time-averaged terminal flow on the myogenic control (independent of shear and metabolic responses) and on the shear control (independent of metabolic response at a fixed myogenic set point)

Myogenic sensitivity			Shear sensitivity
%Δρ_m	q_term (10⁻³ mm³/s)		%ΔF_max	q_term (10⁻³ mm³/s)
%Δρ_m	Mean ± SD	CV	%ΔF_max	Mean ± SD	CV
−50	1.05 ± 0.29	0.27	−50	0.44 ± 0.14	0.32
−40	0.86 ± 0.23	0.27	−40	0.46 ± 0.15	0.32
−30	0.68 ± 0.19	0.28	−30	0.50 ± 0.16	0.31
−20	0.52 ± 0.15	0.29	−20	0.55 ± 0.17	0.31
−10	0.40 ± 0.12	0.31	−10	0.59 ± 0.18	0.30
0	0.30 ± 0.10	0.33	0	0.63 ± 0.19	0.30
10	0.22 ± 0.08	0.35	10	0.68 ± 0.20	0.29
20	0.16 ± 0.06	0.36	20	0.73 ± 0.21	0.29
30	0.11 ± 0.04	0.35	30	0.78 ± 0.22	0.29
40	0.08 ± 0.03	0.36	40	0.83 ± 0.24	0.28

Myogenic sensitivity			Shear sensitivity
%Δρ_m	q_term (10⁻³ mm³/s)		%ΔF_max	q_term (10⁻³ mm³/s)
%Δρ_m	Mean ± SD	CV	%ΔF_max	Mean ± SD	CV
−50	1.05 ± 0.29	0.27	−50	0.44 ± 0.14	0.32
−40	0.86 ± 0.23	0.27	−40	0.46 ± 0.15	0.32
−30	0.68 ± 0.19	0.28	−30	0.50 ± 0.16	0.31
−20	0.52 ± 0.15	0.29	−20	0.55 ± 0.17	0.31
−10	0.40 ± 0.12	0.31	−10	0.59 ± 0.18	0.30
0	0.30 ± 0.10	0.33	0	0.63 ± 0.19	0.30
10	0.22 ± 0.08	0.35	10	0.68 ± 0.20	0.29
20	0.16 ± 0.06	0.36	20	0.73 ± 0.21	0.29
30	0.11 ± 0.04	0.35	30	0.78 ± 0.22	0.29
40	0.08 ± 0.03	0.36	40	0.83 ± 0.24	0.28

The myogenic amplitude ρ_m and the maximum shear amplitude F_τ_max were perturbed uniformly in all the network vessels in the range of −50 to 40% of their reference values (Table 1).

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