Resistance

a. is a measure of the hindrance to blood flow through a vessel caused by friction between the moving fluid and stationary vascular walls
b. is doubled when the radius of the vessel is reduced by one-half
c. increases 16-fold when the radius of the vessel is reduced by one-half
d. is both a and b
e. is both a and c


E

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