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Circulatory Closing Comments
  • Blood Pressure
  • Varicose Veins
  • And who knows what else?
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Blood Pressure


  • Systole            Contracted 100 + age
  • Diastole            Relaxed    60-80
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Blood Vessels
  • Artery
  • Thick muscular walls
  • Help push blood along
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Varicose Veins
  • Unless blood is squeezed through the veins, pressure builds up on the valve
  • Too much pressure causes the valve to collapse.