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The second law of thermodynamics is used to examine the entropy generation. The exact solutions are obtained against velocity and temperature profile with the use of computational software. The results for Entropy, Velocity, Bejan number, temperature profile, and impedance profile are discussed by plotting the graphs. ZnO-NPs have promising applications in biomedical engineering due to its low toxicity, economically reliable, and excellent biocompatibility. ZnO-NPs also emerged in medicine i.e., antibacterial and anticancer activity, and also beneficial in antidiabetic treatment. The monitoring of the blood temperature in the case of the tapered artery has supreme importance in controlling the temperature of blood in the living environment. The presence of a magnetic field is advantageous to manage and control the blood motion at different temperatures. The present outcomes are enriched to give valuable information for the research scientists in the field biomedical science, who are looking to examine the blood flow with stenosis conditions and also beneficial in treating multiple diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e22101070","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,24]],"date-time":"2020-09-24T04:18:57Z","timestamp":1600921137000},"page":"1070","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":139,"title":["Entropy Analysis on the Blood Flow through Anisotropically Tapered Arteries Filled with Magnetic Zinc-Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5697-4611","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lijun","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Systems Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3219-7579","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad Mubashir","family":"Bhatti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Mathematics and Systems Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1552-3763","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marin","family":"Marin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500093 Brasov, Romania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5332-0134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Khaled","family":"S. 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