Effect of blood's velocity on blood resistivity

Blood resistivity is an important quantity whose value influences the resul ts of various methods used in the study of heart and circulation. In this p aper, the relationship between blood resistivity and velocity of blood flow was evaluated and analyzed based upon a probe using six-ring electrodes an d a circulatory model. The experimental results indicated that the change i n blood resistivity was only +/-1.1% when the velocity of blood how changed from 2.83 to 40 cm/s and it rose to 23% when the velocity was lower than 2 .83 cm/s.