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A member asked:
If u have smaller arteries it must be easier to get high bp than if u have big right? i mean it's less area for the blood.
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Blood pressure: It isn't quite as simple as you put it because there are multiple variables involved. Pressure is related to flow and resistance, if the smaller arteries produce a higher resistance to the fixed flow then pressure will be higher. If you equate smaller arteries to higher resistance to flow, then you are more or less 'right.'
Answered 5/22/2015
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