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QUOTE FROM LINDA
"Mean pressure in the aorta is high, averaging 100 mm Hg . This high mean arterial pressure is a result of two factors: the large volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle into the aorta (cardiac output) and the low compliance of the arterial wall. (Recall that a given volume causes greater pressure when compliance of the vessel is low.) The pressure remains high in the large arteries, which branch off the aorta, because of the high elastic recoil of the arterial walls. Thus, little energy is lost as blood flows from the aorta through the arterial tree."
Doesn't elasticity provide more compliance?
it says low compliance of arterial wall & also high elastic recoil.
can someone clarify please.
"Mean pressure in the aorta is high, averaging 100 mm Hg . This high mean arterial pressure is a result of two factors: the large volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle into the aorta (cardiac output) and the low compliance of the arterial wall. (Recall that a given volume causes greater pressure when compliance of the vessel is low.) The pressure remains high in the large arteries, which branch off the aorta, because of the high elastic recoil of the arterial walls. Thus, little energy is lost as blood flows from the aorta through the arterial tree."
Doesn't elasticity provide more compliance?
it says low compliance of arterial wall & also high elastic recoil.
can someone clarify please.