The pulmonary artery, which provides a horizontal connection between the heart and the lungs, is 8.4 cm long and has an inner radius of 2.6 mm. Blood within the heart is basically at rest. The density of blood is 1050 kg/m3, a little greater than the density of water. If the pressure drop between the heart and lungs is 400 Pa, what is the speed of blood in the pulmonary artery?
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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.
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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.
The pulmonary artery, which provides a horizontal connection between the heart and the lungs, is 8.4 cm long and has an inner radius of 2.6 mm. Blood within the heart is basically at rest. The density of blood is 1050 kg/m3, a little greater than the density of water. If the pressure drop between the heart and lungs is 400 Pa, what is the speed of blood in the pulmonary artery?
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