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Poiseuille's law of laminar flow has 3 following conditions?
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Influence of radius on airway resistance:
if airway radius is halved, airway resistance increases by?
1- fluid flow must be nonpulsatile & laminar
2- single conducting tube must be rigid & cylindrical
3- fluidmust be homogenous and newtonian
if airway radius is halved, airway resistance increases 16 fold.