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Why do narrow arteries increase your blood pressure?
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Pressure: Pressure Volume relationship is related to vascular resistance. If the volume remains constant but the resistance to flow(narrow arteries) goes up(narrower arteries), this causes the pressure to go up.
Answered 12/3/2018
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