An artery in the left thigh has a diameter of 7 mm and carries blood at a rate of 10 ml per second. a) What pressure gradient (pressure difference per unit length) is needed to maintain this flow of blood in the artery? (mmHg per meter) b) Due to years of excessive cholesterol intake, this artery has developed a 200-micron thick layer of plaque. If the same pressure gradient is present, what is the new flow rate in the artery? (ml per second) c) In order to achieve the original flow rate of 10 ml per second in the narrowed artery, the pressure gradient will need to be increased to what value? (mmHg per meter).
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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