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Difficult time understanding Pressure in blood vessels vs physics/chem

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SO I thought I had this down, and then this question came up:

The lowest blood pressure would be in which of the following:

1) Heart
2) Arteries
3) Capillaries
4) Arterioles

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Intuitively, I'm like ohhhh, okay it's definitely capillaries. Then, I second guess myself and I'm like oh wait, based on Bernoulli's principle -- if the speed is higher, then that means pressure is lower. And then I'm here thinking in my head, well the blood is moving faster in the arteries for sure, like...

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