Question

The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person is about 120 mm hg. if a vertical tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of the person, determine how high the blood will rise in the tube. take the density of the blood to be 1050 kg/m3 and density of mercury to be 13600 kg/m3.0.12 m

Answer 1

 The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person is about 120 mmHg. If a vertical tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of the person.determine how high the blood will rise in the tube. Take the density of the blood to be 1040 kg/m.