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Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus.

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Katz, DF; Tam, PY; Berger, SA; Sensabaugh, GF
Published in: Biophysical journal
May 1982

Geometrical properties of the microstructure of whole bovine cervical mucus were studied. An experimental technique was developed for measuring the flow of fluid through the mucus microstructure in response to application or a prescribed external pressure gradient. The data obtained were analyzed in conjunction with a mathematical model of the hydrodynamics of the flow-permeation process. The sizes of typical interstices within the microstructure were calculated to be of the order of 1 micrometer, with typical macromolecular filament diameters being of the order of 100 A. These dimensions were interpreted as representative of an equivalent network giving rise to measured flow permeability. The values of filament size showed a strong experimental correlation with the solids content of the mucus.

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Biophysical journal

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EISSN

1542-0086

ISSN

0006-3495

Publication Date

May 1982

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

153 / 159

Related Subject Headings

  • Viscosity
  • Permeability
  • Models, Structural
  • Mathematics
  • Female
  • Cervix Mucus
  • Cattle
  • Biophysics
  • Animals
  • 51 Physical sciences
 

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Katz, D. F., Tam, P. Y., Berger, S. A., & Sensabaugh, G. F. (1982). Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus. Biophysical Journal, 38(2), 153–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(82)84542-6
Katz, D. F., P. Y. Tam, S. A. Berger, and G. F. Sensabaugh. “Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus.Biophysical Journal 38, no. 2 (May 1982): 153–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(82)84542-6.
Katz DF, Tam PY, Berger SA, Sensabaugh GF. Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus. Biophysical journal. 1982 May;38(2):153–9.
Katz, D. F., et al. “Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus.Biophysical Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, May 1982, pp. 153–59. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(82)84542-6.
Katz DF, Tam PY, Berger SA, Sensabaugh GF. Flow permeation analysis of bovine cervical mucus. Biophysical journal. 1982 May;38(2):153–159.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biophysical journal

DOI

EISSN

1542-0086

ISSN

0006-3495

Publication Date

May 1982

Volume

38

Issue

2

Start / End Page

153 / 159

Related Subject Headings

  • Viscosity
  • Permeability
  • Models, Structural
  • Mathematics
  • Female
  • Cervix Mucus
  • Cattle
  • Biophysics
  • Animals
  • 51 Physical sciences