The force per unit area that blood places on the inside wall of a blood vessel
A. is called the pulse.
B. is called the blood pressure.
C. increases the farther the vessel is from the heart.
D. is greater in the inferior vena cava than in the common iliac vein.
E. is greater during diastole.
Answer: B
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