Orientation of nonspherical cells in blood flowing through a vessel

Photometric experiments on model blood vessels showed that nonspherical blood cells are oriented in the flow with their short axes along the radius of the vessel.All-Union Cardiological Scientific Center, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR E. I. Chazov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 86, No. 11, pp. 631–632, November, 1978.