| The heart is filled with fractal networks: the coronary arteries and veins, the fibers
binding the valves to the heart wall, the cardiac muscles themselves, and the His-Purkinje
system. |
| In addition to falut-tolerance during growth, fractal branching
makes available much
more surface area for absorption and transfer in capallaries. |
| Kalda has proposed a fractal model of the blood vessel system
that achieves a homogeneous oxygen supply throughout the body. |
| A portion of the circulatory and pulmonary systems is seen on the right,
in another picture provided by Dr. Ewald R. Weibel.
Click the picture for a larger version in a new window. |
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| From his work on the ability of
fractal drums to damp
vibrations, Bernard Sapoval deduced another advantage of the fractal
character of the circulatory system: "the fractal structure of the human circulatory
system damps out the hammer blows that our heart generates." "The heart is a
very violent pump, and if there were any resonance in blood circulation,
you would die." |
| Fractals may save our lives every minute. |