Bio Physics - Assignment One

Submission Date: 16/12/2022

1. Based on the figure below, answer the following questions.

A. If the fluid & blood pressure balance each other at 1.2m what is the gage pressure of
the blood.
B. If the gage pressure of fluid at the arm level has to be 20KPa for sufficient flow
determine how high the bottle has to be hanged.
(Take density of the fluid is 1020Kg/m3)
Assume: IV fluid is incompressible and IV bottle is open to atmosphere.

2. Calculate the buoyant force when the displaced water is 5000cm 3.

3. A heart pumps 5liters of blood per minute into aorta.
A. What is the flow rate in the cardiovascular system?
B. What is the speed of the blood in the aorta?
C. How fast is the blood flowing in capillaries?
Assume blood is incompressible, Øaorta = 2.2 cm, Øcapillary = 7µm)

4. Calculate the hydrostatic difference in blood pressure between the brain and the foot in a
person of height 1.83m. The density of blood is 1060kg/m3.

5. Consider a fluid flow through a cylindrical pipe. What happens to the flow rate of the fluid
In each of the following circumstances:
A. If the pressure difference is doubled
B. If the radius is doubled
C. If the viscosity is halved