Cell-free marginal layer model: Difference between revisions

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In small [[capillary]] [[hemodynamics]], the cell-free layer is a near-wall layer of [[Blood plasma|plasma]] absent of [[red blood cell]]s since they are subject to migration to the [[capillary]] [[Centre (geometry)|center]] in [[Poiseuille flow]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=W. Pan, B. Caswell and G. E. Karniadakis |year=2010|title=A low-dimensional model for the red blood cell|journal= Soft Matter|doi=10.1039/C0SM00183J|pmc=3838865}}</ref> '''Cell-free marginal layer model''' is a [[mathematical model]] which tries to explain [[Fåhræus–Lindqvist effect]] mathematically.

==Mathematical modeling==