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What does hemorheology study?
What does hemorheology study?
- The flow and deformation of blood and blood-forming elements (correct)
- The structure of red blood cells
- The composition of blood plasma
- The function of white blood cells
What does shear stress refer to?
What does shear stress refer to?
- The velocity gradient between two adjacent layers in the fluid
- The force acting parallel per unit area on the surface (correct)
- The pressure of the liquid
- The force acting perpendicularly to the unit area on the surface
What does deformation refer to?
What does deformation refer to?
- The viscosity of blood
- The movement of blood cells in the vessels
- The pressure exerted by blood on vessel walls
- The change of shape of objects due to physical forces acting upon them (correct)
What is the deforming force expressed as?
What is the deforming force expressed as?
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What do the rheological properties of blood depend on?
What do the rheological properties of blood depend on?
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