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Pressure, symbol: p, is the force F over an area A applied to an object in a direction perpendicular to the surface. Pressure is a scalar quantity, and has SI units of pascals; 1 Pa = 1 N/m2 .
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoYour heart pumps blood into your arteries. Your arteries take the blood to capillaries so the rest of your body can have food and oxygen. When you turn on water to take a shower or wash your hands, the water needs pressure to come out of the shower head or faucet. If your blood did not have pressure, it would never get to the rest of your body. As long as you are alive, your heart will produce the pressure to push your blood through your arteries. The problem comes when there is garbage in your arteries and your heart needs to increase the amount of pressure to get your blood past the garbage. With the increased pressure, sometimes this garbage breaks loose and clogs an artery leading to the brain. That is called a stroke. Sometimes it clogs an artery leading to part of your heart. That is called a heart attack.
Some blood pressure medicine is designed to take out the garbage.
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∙ 9y agoMost pressure is need for the body. It is more important than oxygen, nutrients and organs.
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