1. The plot below illustrates the flow properties of blood through different blood vessels. Explain the difference...

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Flow velocity = velocity of flow * cross sectional area

0.5*500/10=25cm/sec. In capillaries

4.5*5000/10=2250 cm/sec in arteries

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