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The heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet. But it never gets invited to water fights.

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With systolic pressure around 120 mmHg, blood can exit a cut artery with impressive force. “30 feet” is a dramatic way to express arterial pressure and depends on the wound and vessel size, but it highlights how powerful the heart’s pumping pressure is.

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