The flow rate of blood through a 2.00 x 10-6 m radius capillary is 3.80 x 10-9 cm3/s. (a) What is the blood velocity? (This small velocity allows time for diffusion of materials to and from the blood.) cm/s (b) Assuming all the blood in the body passes through capillaries, how many of them must there be to carry a total flow of 84.0 cm3/s? (The large number obtained is an overestimate, but it is still reasonable.) capillaries

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The flow rate of blood through a 2.00 x 10-6 m radius capillary is 3.80 x 10-9 cm3/s.
(a) What is the blood velocity? (This small velocity allows time for diffusion of materials to and from the blood.)
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(b) Assuming all the blood in the body passes through capillaries, how many of them must there be to carry a total flow of 84.0
cm3/s? (The large number obtained is an overestimate, but it is still reasonable.)
capillaries
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Transcribed Image Text:The flow rate of blood through a 2.00 x 10-6 m radius capillary is 3.80 x 10-9 cm3/s. (a) What is the blood velocity? (This small velocity allows time for diffusion of materials to and from the blood.) cm/s (b) Assuming all the blood in the body passes through capillaries, how many of them must there be to carry a total flow of 84.0 cm3/s? (The large number obtained is an overestimate, but it is still reasonable.) capillaries Additional Materials O Reading
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