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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Hematol. 2022 Jul 18;29(6):290–296. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000735

Figure 2. Hemorheology, macro to microcirculation.

Figure 2.

As vessel cross-sectional area increases markedly from arterioles to capillaries, applied pressure and blood velocity drop significantly. Travelling from capillaries to venules to veins, cross-sectional area decreases resulting in continued decrease in applied pressure with small increases in blood velocity.

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