Flow of red blood cells in capillary networks

• Autor(es): Ribeiro, A. E. ; Couto, Ana ; Teixeira, Lúcia ; Leble, Vladimir ; Lima, R. ; Dias, Ricardo
• Data: 2011
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10373
• Origem: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Assunto(s): Capillary networks
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

In the present work we have studied the flow of red blood cells through a column packed with soda lime glass spheres with diameter of 337.5 micron (pore diameter 150 micron). The ratio between the average velocity of the RBCs and the average velocity of the carrying fluid (physiological saline) was close to 0.9. The RBCs migrated faster through the column than the carrying fluid mainly due to a hydrodynamic chromatographic effect.