Suppose that in an examination of a spinal injury it is found that the spinal fluid (with about the same density as water) will rise a vertical height of 13. cm in an open tube

What pressure does this correspond to, expressed in mm of mercury and in atmospheres?


9.6 mm Hg, or 0.013 atm

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