Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 15 - Section 15.6 - Steroids: Cholesterol, Bile Salts, and Steroid Hormones - Figure 15.7 - Page 533: 1

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arteries are under constant fluctuating pressure due to beating of heart. This makes them weak, allowing deposit of cholesterol along their lining called plaque

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