The aorta carries blood away from the heart at a speed of about 41 cm/s and has a radius of approximately 1.1 cm. The aorta branches eventually into a large number of tiny capillaries that distribute the blood to the various body organs. In a capillary, the blood speed is approximately 0.064 cm/s, and the radius is about 5.9 x 104 cm. Treat the blood as an incompressible fluid, and use these data to determine the approximate number of capillaries in the human body. Number Units

The aorta carries blood away from the heart at a speed of about 41 cm/s and has a radius of approximately 1.1 cm. The aorta branches eventually into a large number of tiny capillaries that distribute the blood to the various body organs. In a capillary, the blood speed is approximately 0.064 cm/s, and the radius is about 5.9 x 104 cm. Treat the blood as an incompressible fluid, and use these data to determine the approximate number of capillaries in the human body. Number Units

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The aorta carries blood away from the heart at a speed of about 41 cm/s and has a radius of approximately 1.1 cm. The aorta branches
eventually into a large number of tiny capillaries that distribute the blood to the various body organs. In a capillary, the blood speed is
approximately 0.064 cm/s, and the radius is about 5.9 x 104 cm. Treat the blood as an incompressible fluid, and use these data to
determine the approximate number of capillaries in the human body.
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