Healthy young human arteries have a maximum elastic tension of about 500 N/m, a

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Healthy young human arteries have a maximum elastic tension of about 500 N/m, a value that increases by more than a factor of two with age. Find the maximum pressure that such an artery can withstand before devel- oping an aneurysm, or bulge often leading to rupture, and compute how many times greater this pressure is above the normal maximum systolic pressure of 120mm Hg. An aneurysm, or bulging of an arterial wall, cannot occur in a heavy artery, but only in one with a weakened wall due to a connective tissue disorde

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Explanation / Answer

p=F/A

A=F/P

a=[500/120]=4.222

now the tension is increased = 2*500=1000

P=1000/4.222=23.84mm of Hg

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