Aorta has a radius of 1.25 cm and typical blood velocity is 30cm/s and average density is 1000 Kg/m³
• Find velocity if are of cross-section of major arteries is 20cm². 0.074m/s
• What is the total flow rate? 1.47 x10⁻⁴ m³/s
• If blood flows through capillaries, what is the average cross-sectional area if average velocity is 0.03cm/s 0.49 m2
• If a typical capillary area is 3x10⁻¹¹ cm², about how many capillaries are there in the human body.16 billion
• If the capillary has an average length of 0.75 mm, what is the average time that a red blood cell remains in the capillary? 2.5s