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and that's what's shown in this diagram here.
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As I move from the beginning of the aorta to the end
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there must be some drop in pressure.
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Has to be, otherwise blood wouldn't flow at all
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but there's not very much of a drop.
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Similarly, the large arteries would still have large diameters,
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have low resistances.
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Doesn't take much pressure to move a flow rate
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through those large arteries,
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so over the large arteries there's not much pressure drop either.
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This would be the branches,
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like the main branch that goes to your arm,