The left side of the heart creates a pressure of 119 mm Hg by exerting a force directly on the blood over an effective area of 13.5 cm2. What force does it exert to accomplish this?
N
The pressure is
Converting this to Pa ( N/m^2), we get
And so, the pressure is
And the cross sectional area is
And so, the force is
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