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Remember the Giraffe when you think of blood pressure regulation! Gravitational force affects the hydrostatic pressure of blood and the long-neck animal certainly must ensure a constant adequate arterial blood pressure for its cerebral circulation, as it walks around feeding on leaves on high trees.
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Cheng, H. (2015). Blood Pressure. In: Physiology Question-Based Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12790-3_3
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