سوال ۱۴ کنکور ارشد مدیریت ۱۴۰۰

Passage summary: The passage discusses smoking and disorders involving circulation. It describes effects on blood vessels and oxygen transport, linking these effects to problems affecting the brain and breathing.

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(13) .......... the arteries stiffen, less blood reaches the brain, and the end result of this slowdown is a cerebral hemorrhage, commonly (14) .......... to as a “stroke”.