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Is blood pressure proportional or inversely proportional to the diameter of a blood vessel?

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Blood pressure: if flow is kept constant then decreased cross sectional area of the vessel will necessarily need increased pressure to maintain that constant flow. There are multiple factors involved in the physiology of pressure, flow and resistance

Answered 5/21/2015

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