Rheological properties of human blood plasma--a comparison of measurements with three different viscometers.
Human plasma viscosity was measured in capillary tube, cone-plate and Couette viscometers. The measurement of the viscosity at very low shear rates showed that plasma is a non-Newtonian fluid with a pseudoplastic rheological behaviour. The importance of this phenomenon for the microcirculation is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma / Q000502:physiology*; D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation