Given: Capillaries are where the magic of gas diffusion happens. Capillaries are approximately 5-10 µm in diameter.  Let’s pick an average value of 7.5 µm. A normal value of the diameter of an aortic artery is 15 mm. Blood has a density of 1.06 g/mL and flows with an average velocity of 0.33 mm/s. a. For each of the vessels, how rapidly would the blood have to flow in order to enter the regime of turbulent flow? (Answer a )

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Given: Capillaries are where the magic of gas diffusion happens. Capillaries are approximately 5-10 µm in diameter.  Let’s pick an average value of 7.5 µm. A normal value of the diameter of an aortic artery is 15 mm. Blood has a density of 1.06 g/mL and flows with an average velocity of 0.33 mm/s.

a. For each of the vessels, how rapidly would the blood have to flow in order to enter the regime of turbulent flow?

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