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Hemodynamic forces on the vessel wall. A section of the artery wall showing that blood flow generates three major mechanical forces: shear stress (parallel to the vessel wall), hydrostatic pressure (perpendicular to the vessel wall), and cyclic stretch (due to the pressure and consisting in a circumferential stretching of the vessel wall).
