the pressure due to atmosphere is very large why are we not crushed
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It's true that the weight of the column of air above us is very heavy. ... However, the reason we, nor other objects, are crushed by the weight of this air is because this external pressure is balanced by our internal pressure, which arises from various fluids and materials we are composed of.
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the pressure due to atmosphere is very large but we are not crushed because our body is also exert pressure. It is exerted by the blood flowing inside our blood vessels .
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