Which is true of blood pressure:
a. its maximal during ventricular diastole
b. it decreases the farther away from the heart.
c. it increases with decreasing resistance.
d. it decreases with decreasing vessel diameter.
e. it can be increased by direct parasympathetic activity.
B
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