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in the aorta would be somewhere between 120 and 80 mmHg,
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so let's just call it 90 here.
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The pressure in the aorta is 90.
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If you think about the whole circuit,
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this blood has to flow from the aorta,
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through the systemic circulation and back into the right atrium.
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In the right atrium it's at the end of
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its journey and that pressure there is approximately 0.
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The pressure drop that's driving blood
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through the systemic circulatory system is ΔP of 90-0.
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The pressure that's generated
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here gets used completely in driving the flow around.