BIOL 2114L Lecture 5: Effects of Blood Vessel Radius on Blood Flow Rate BIOL 2114 Lab - PhysioEx Exercise 5 Activity 1
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Activity 1: studying the e ect of blood vessel radius on blood flow rate. You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly. The diameter of the blood vessel is the same as. You correctly answered: two times the radius of the blood vessel. The opening of the blood vessel where the blood ows is called the. You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. The variable that you altered in this activity was. After a heavy meal, when we are relatively inactive, we might expect blood vessels in the skeletal muscles to be somewhat somewhat and the blood vessels in the digestive organs to be. When you increased the ow tube radius, the uid ow rate. Explain how the body establishes a pressure gradient for uid ow. The body establishes a pressure gradient for uid by contracting the heart. Explain the e ect that the ow tube radius change had on ow rate.
