You lie down in bed and hold your arm straight upwards, into the air. Consider an artery in your arm of fixed radius. What is the blood pressure difference between the heart and a point in the artery that is 22.0 cm above the heart? Assume that density of blood is 1060 kg/m³, and ignore any effects due to the viscosity of the blood.

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You lie down in bed and hold your arm
straight upwards, into the air. Consider an
artery in your arm of fixed radius. What is the
blood pressure difference between the heart
and a point in the artery that is 22.0 cm
above the heart? Assume that density of
blood is 1060 kg/m3, and ignore any effects
due to the viscosity of the blood.
Transcribed Image Text:You lie down in bed and hold your arm straight upwards, into the air. Consider an artery in your arm of fixed radius. What is the blood pressure difference between the heart and a point in the artery that is 22.0 cm above the heart? Assume that density of blood is 1060 kg/m3, and ignore any effects due to the viscosity of the blood.
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