The aorta is the principal blood vessel through which blood
leaves the heart in order to circulate around the body.
[a] Calculate the average speed of the blood in the aorta if the
flow rate is 5.0 L/min. The aorta has a radius of 10 mm.
Blood also flows through smaller blood vessels known as
capillaries. When the rate of blood flow in the aorta is 5.0 L/min,
the speed of blood in the capillaries is about 0.33 mm/s. Given
that the average diameter of a capillary is 8.0 mm, calculate the
number of capillaries in the blood circulatory system.
The aorta is the principal blood vessel through which blood leaves the heart in order to circulate around the body. [a]
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The aorta is the principal blood vessel through which blood leaves the heart in order to circulate around the body. [a]
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