The influence of erythrocyte shape and rigidity on the viscosity of blood

Issue title: Perspectives in Biorheology. Festschrift for A.L. Copley

Guest editors: Alexander Silberberg

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Whitmore, Raymond L.

Affiliations: University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, 4067, Australia

Note: [] Invited by: Editor A. Silberberg

Abstract: Fresh human erythrocytes were resuspended in phosphate-buffered dextran solutions at osmolarities ranging from normal down to hemolysis in order to change their shape. Another batch of the erythrocytes was hardened and resuspended. From rheological measurement made in Brookfield and Contraves viscometers it was concluded that the rigidity of an erythrocyte was much more important than its shape in determining the bulk rheology of blood.

Keywords: Blood, Erythrocyte Volume, Erythrocytes, Rheology, Suspensions, Viscosity

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1981-183-618

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 18, no. 3-6, pp. 557-562, 1981