Abstract
Equations are derived describing the dispersion of a permeable solute during Poiseuille flow in a capillary model. It is shown that for the normal range of physiological parameters such as capillary radius, capillary length, blood flow, permeability coefficients, and diffusion constants, the center of mass of a bolus of solute moves at a speed very close to the mean speed of flow and that the solute leaves the capillary with an exponential time course depending on the permeability but not on the diffusion constant. There is no appreciable difference in the dispersion of the solute or in its rate of permeation from the capillary whether one considers piston flow or Poiseuille flow. A bolus of arbitrary radial shape tends to become radially uniform very close to the arterial end of the capillary.
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