[Lympho- and hemodynamic reactions during the contraction of the skeletal musculature of the hindlimb in dogs]. / Limfo- i gemodinamicheskie reaktsii pri sokrashchenii skeletnoi muskulatury zadnikh konechnostei sobaki.

Alterations in arterial pressure (AP) values, blood and perfusate flow from the thoracic duct, lymph and perfusate flow from the femoral lymphatic vessel during femoral muscle contractions induced by electrical stimulation applied for 1.5 and 3.0 min, were studied: the AP values were decreased by 10-15 mm Hg, the blood flow increased to 293.5 +/- 21.7%, the lymph flow increased to 525.4 +/- 29.8%, the perfusate flow from the thoracic duct raised to 81.8 +/- 4.7%, and the perfusate flow from the lymphatic vessel increased to 650.0 +/- 28.2%. The increase in the lymph flow during 1.5 min stimulation seems to be due to squeezing of lymph out of the lymphatic channel, whereas during 3 min stimulation it was due to enhanced lymph production.

[Development of the contractile activity of the thoracic duct in dogs in postnatal ontogenesis]. / Razvitie sokratitel'noi aktivnosti grudnogo limfaticheskogo protoka u sobak v postnatal'nom ontogeneze.

It has been demonstrated that the thoracic lymph duct in newborn puppies exhibits only tonic (spontaneous) contractile activity. Rhythmic activity in the duct appears at the age of 2 1/2-3 months.