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Mechanical Properties Of Fluids

Question
CBSEENPH11019997

Explain why:

(c) The size of the needle of a syringe controls flow rate better than the thumb pressure exerted by a doctor while administering an injection

Solution

The small opening of a syringe needle controls the velocity of the blood oozing out. This is as a result of the equation of continuity.
At the constriction point of the syringe system, the flow rate suddenly increases to a high value for a constant thumb pressure applied.