The heart as a suction pump

Sci Am. 1986 Jun;254(6):84-91. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0686-84.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biophysical Phenomena
  • Biophysics
  • Connective Tissue / physiology
  • Connective Tissue / ultrastructure
  • Diastole
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Models, Biological
  • Myocardial Contraction*
  • Myocardium / ultrastructure
  • Sarcomeres / ultrastructure
  • Systole