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I always think of it as a peristaltic pump: big tube, squeeze one side, squeeze the other to circulate blood. This paper might be of interest: "A review of sel
by rzzzt 7y ago
I always think of it as a peristaltic pump: big tube, squeeze one side, squeeze the other to circulate blood.
This paper might be of interest: "A review of selected pumping systems in nature and engineering--potential biomimetic concepts for improving displacement pumps and pulsation damping" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26335744 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26335744
- 01100011 7y agoFrom the paper I was thinking of(link added to parent comment): "the velocity of the blood in the embryonic heart lumen exceeds the speed of the peristaltic wave moving through the lumen" which is interesting if you think of the heart as a peristaltic pump.