Four versions of lymphangions contractions were revealed in a single isolated bovine mesentery: longitudinal, total circular, partial circular and uniform. Authentic distinctions in realisation by lymphangions of their pump function depending on a type of the contraction, were absent. The type of contraction seems to be determined by an orientation of the smooth muscle cell bunches in the lymphangion's wall.
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