many dimensions have to be recognized , or simply mentioned , if one is to understand the hemodynamic and hemorheological particulars of this territory , which differ , in many aspects , from those specific to the macrocirculation ( number and length of the vessels , diameter and cross section , intercapillary distance , geometric characteristics , intravascular pressure , pressure gradient , pressure-volume relationship , flow rate , mean velocity of plasma and rbc , velocity profile , local hematocrit , in situ viscosity , kinematic viscosity , wall shearing conditions , local oxygen transport , aggregation and deformability of rbc , leukocyte properties , etc . ) .
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