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- September 1, 2010
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Blood Flow and Fahraeus Effect
by Arunn in Unruled Notebook
The dependence of apparent viscosity of human blood on the capillary size it is flowing through is identified as the Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect (1931). This was explained in the earlier Blood Flow in Capillaries note. There is a related but different effect called the Fahraeus effect (1929). This is the decrease in average concentration of red [...]... Read more »
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