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above it says that blood flows at high pressure in the arteries butnblood in the vein does not flow at high pressure, why

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As the arteries carry blood away from heart and veins bring blood towards heart. The heart pumps blood with high pressure. So the blood in the arteries has a higher pressure than the blood in the veins.

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