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Figure 3

From: Through the cleared aorta: three-dimensional characterization of mechanical behaviors of rat thoracic aorta under intraluminal pressurization using optical clearing method

Figure 3

Representative photographs of rat thoracic aorta specimen subjected to the pressure-diameter test. (a) The specimen was tested in PBS, and (b) it was then cleared and tested in the clearing solution. Note that black knots, made for the closure of intercostal arteries, in the dorsal side (the backside) were clearly visible through the cleared aorta whereas they were invisible in the normal, non-cleared state.

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