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. 2016 Jun 20;6:28194. doi: 10.1038/srep28194

Figure 9. Apparent viscosity of blood showing a significant enhancement of the Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect in the stenosed vessels.

Figure 9

Lines with unfilled symbols are for non-stenosed tubes with RBCs, and lines with filled symbols are for stenosed tubes (Inline graphic = 84%, Ht  ≈ 22–24%) with RBCs, for various values of Inline graphic = 1 (O, blue), 2 (Δ, green), 3 (◻, black), 4 (∇, red). Dash line is for stenosed tubes with plasma only. Dash-dot lines are for stenosed tubes with Newtonian fluids having viscosities same as the apparent viscosity of blood in non-stenosed tubes of the same diameters.