Encyclopedia: Blood Flow
Blood flow is the flow of blood in the cardiovascular system. The discovery that blood flows is attributed to William Harvey. Mathematically, blood flow is described by Darcy's law and approximately by Hagen-Poiseuille's law. Blood is a heterogeneous medium consisting mainly of plasma and a suspension of red blood cells. White cells, or leukocytes, and platelets while present in smaller concentrations, play an important role in biochemical processes, such as...
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