PHYSIO: When the artery is rigid, during diastole when aortic valve is closed, there is _______ of blood going to capillaries because arteriole wall did not expand – cannot recoil

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When the artery is rigid, during diastole when aortic valve is closed, there is _______ of blood going to capillaries because arteriole wall did not expand – cannot recoil

Celeste Camarines 3sgo · Accepted Answer

NO FLOW OF BLOOD

(compared to an artery with lots of elastin:
during diastole, when there is recoil of the arterial system, blood flow continues even if the aortic blood is closed)

PHYSIO

When the artery is rigid, during diastole when aortic valve is closed, there is _______ of blood going to capillaries because arteriole wall did not expand – cannot recoil

NO FLOW OF BLOOD (compared to an artery with lots of elastin: during diastole, when there is recoil of the arterial system, blood flow continues even if the aortic blood is closed)

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