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NEET 2016
Exam
NEET
Year
2016
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Body Fluids and Circulation

NEET 2016 · Zoology · Body Fluids and Circulation

Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is:

Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is:

Options

  1. ASame as that in the aorta
  2. BMore than that in the carotid
  3. CMore than that in the pulmonary vein
  4. DLess than that in the venae cavae

Correct answer

C. More than that in the pulmonary vein

Step-by-step solution

Blood pressure in different blood vessels:

Artery > Arteriole > Capillary > Venule > Vein (Vena cavae).

The pressure in arteries is more than that of pressure in veins as arteries receives blood directly from ventricles during ventricular systole. The wall of the arteries are thick and muscular. The flow of blood in arteries is fast as the blood in them is under great pressure.

The pressure in pulmonary aorta is more than that in the pulmonary vein as it receives blood directly from right ventricle during ventricular systole.

The pressure in pulmonary aorta is not same that of systemic aorta as pulmonary aorta supplies blood to lungs and systemic aorta supplies blood to the all the body parts.

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