Poiseuille's Law
About the Lecture
The lecture Poiseuille's Law by Jared Rovny, PhD is from the course Fluids.
Included Quiz Questions
What happens to the resistance of a vein if the radius of the vein is doubled?
- The resistance gets multiplied by 1/16
- The resistance gets multiplied by 16
- The resistance gets multiplied by 1/8
- The resistance gets multiplied by 8
- Nothing, only the flow rate changes
What happens to the flow rate through a capillary if the radius is halved, the length of the capillary is quartered and the pressure difference across the capillary is multiplied by 4?
- It does not change
- It doubles
- It halves
- It quadruples
- It quarters
If the arteries are blocked such that there effective radius is reduced to 1/3 their original size, how much more pressure does the heart have to apply in order to keep the same flow rate of blood?
- 81 times more pressure
- 9 time more pressure
- 27 times more pressure
- 1/9 times more pressure
- The same pressure as before
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Author of lecture Poiseuille's Law
Jared Rovny, PhD
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