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Circulation of Blood

What is a vis...

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What is a viscous fluid? Why is Plasma called a viscous fluid?

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A fluid that offers resistance to flow is called viscous fluid.
Blood is viscous due to the large numbers of suspended red cells in the blood, each of which exerts frictional drag against adjacent cells and against the wall of the blood vessel.

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