Blood flows from left to right in an artery with a partial blockage. A blood platelet is shown moving through the artery. How does the size of the constriction (variable from 1 mm to 8 mm from each wall) affect the speed of the blood flow? Restart, Assume an ideal fluid (position is given in millimeters and pressure is given in torr = mm 0.0175 P 195 Blood Flow of Hg). We can use the continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation to understand the motion: Continuity: Av = constant Bernoulli: P+ (1/2) pv + pgy = constant.
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![Blood flows from left to right in an artery
with a partial blockage. A blood platelet
is shown moving through the artery.
How does the size of the constriction
Tame D.0175
195
(variable from 1 mm to 8 mm from each
wall) affect the speed of the blood flow?
Restart, Assume an ideal fluid (position is given in millimeters and pressure is given in torr = mm
Blood Flow
of Hg). We can use the continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation to understand the motion:
Continuity: Av = constant
Bernoulli: P + (1/2) pv + pgy = constant.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbaad1406-8bbe-498e-aaa4-21b1cc0c8955%2F1c44c084-ac14-4a66-8540-283662d57a76%2Fzx2f279_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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