Compliance (physiology)
Ability of a biological organ to distend / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the physiological term, in general. For compliance of the lungs, see Pulmonary compliance. For other uses, see Compliance.
Compliance is the ability of a hollow organ (vessel) to distend and increase volume with increasing transmural pressure or the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions on application of a distending or compressing force. It is the reciprocal of "elastance", hence elastance is a measure of the tendency of a hollow organ to recoil toward its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing force.