Posted by Gun-yuoung on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 4:14pm.
ñ * g * 0.610 m is the gaughe pressure of the blood entering the vein, in units of N/m^2.
To convert to mm of Hg, use the conversion 1 atm = 1.013*10^5 N/m^2 = 760 mm Hg
(or divide 610 mm by the ratio of the densities of mercury and the fluid, which is about 13.5)
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