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Old 17-02-2007, 11:18 PM
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Yes a balloon would burst, and in a human body you would get some surface capillaries rupturing, particularly in nasal passages and in the eyes and possibly sub-dermal veins. But for deeper vessels to burst they would have to expand first and the body's skin and muscles would help to prevent veins from bursting and the thick walls of arteries would remain intact.
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