The aorta is the main blood vessel leading away from the heart. It has an average...

  

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The aorta is the main blood vessel leading away from the heart. It has an average flow rate of 80 mL/second (= 8 10^-5 m3/s) and radius of 1.16 cm. Assume blood has a viscosity of 3.5 10^-3 Pa's. What is the pressure loss in Pa over a 50 cm length of aorta? What is the peak flow velocity in the center of the aorta? Note: this is flow velocity (m/s), not the volume flow rate (80 mL/s). The aorta is the main blood vessel leading away from the heart. It has an average flow rate of 80 mL/second (= 8 10^-5 m3/s) and radius of 1.16 cm. Assume blood has a viscosity of 3.5 10^-3 Pa's. What is the pressure loss in Pa over a 50 cm length of aorta? What is the peak flow velocity in the center of the aorta? Note: this is flow velocity (m/s), not the volume flow rate (80 mL/s).