We are not crushed under atmospheric pressure because the pressure inside the human body is the atmospheric pressure.

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Inside the body, the flowing blood and body fluids create pressure which counters the effect of atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric pressure is balanced by the pressure inside the body and thus, we are not crushed.

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(a) What is meant by atmospheric pressure? What is the cause of atmospheric pressure?

(b) Why are our bodies not crushed by the large pressure exerted by the atmosphere?

The reason we are not crushed under the weight of air is that the pressure inside our body is equal to the atmospheric pressure.

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