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The blood pressure at the feet is more than blood pressure in head. Explain why?

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The pressure of liquid column is given by p=hpg, where h is depth, p is density and g is acceleration due to gravity.
Therefore, pressure of the liquid column increases with depth. The height of the blood column in a human body is more at feet than at the brain. Therefore, the blood pressure in humans is greater at the feet than the brain.

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