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bifurcation, the femoral artery bifurcation, the celiac artery bifurcation,
mesenteric bifurcation and coronary artery bifurcations.
-c_
inner
wall
\
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Fig.
5.2.1:
Branching morphology with Y-shaped bifurcating tubes. The source
or
trunk
vessel gives rise into two branches.
A
=
cross sectional area,
!3
=
angle
of
branching or
bifurcation angle, r
=
radius of curvature.
outer
wall
/
--
lateral
-
At
AbZ
trunk
branch
2
At-Ab2
Fig.
5.2.2:
Main vessel with a side branch or T-shaped bifurcation. One of the branching
vessel has the same cross sectional area as the source vessel.
