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Blood pressure is the force exerted during the flow of blood against the lateral walls of arteries. The blood pressure is high in the arteries gradually drop in the arterioles and capillaries and become very low in the veins. Blood pressure varies during conditions of physical exercise, anxiety, emotions, stress and sleep. Increase in blood pressure is known as hypertension and decrease in blood pressure is termed as hypotension
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