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#Question id: 11036


Under control conditions, flow through a blood vessel is 100 ml/min under a pressure gradient of 50 mm Hg. What would be the approximate flow through the vessel after increasing the vessel diameter to four times normal, assuming that the pressure gradient was maintained at 50 mm Hg?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. 1600 ml/min
  2. 1000 ml/min
  3. 16,000 ml/min
  4. 25,600 ml/min