Due to an atheromatous plaque, a man’s coronary artery has narrowed to one third of its healthy diameter, all other things being equal, his blood flow rate (ml/min) in that artery would
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B: Poiseuille’s law states that volume flow rate is proportional to radius to the fourth power, so blood flow rate would be 1/3*1/3*1/3*1/3 = 1/81
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