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Erythrocyte distribution in arterial blood flow: III. Physiological considerations

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The Rashevsky Principle of Adequate Design is employed in conjunction with the hypothesis of constant hematocrit throughout the arterial tree to give an estimate of the most likely position for an erythrocyte in an artery. The result accords with the experimental work of Segré and Silberberg (1962).

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  1. Michael A. B. Deakin

    Present address: Mathematics Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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Deakin, M.A.B. Erythrocyte distribution in arterial blood flow: III. Physiological considerations. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 29, 649–656 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476916

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