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What is the other name for hypertension?
The common name for hypertension is high blood pressure. To be diagnosed with high blood pressure, a person typically has three or more readings of 140/90 or higher.
What is the name of the device to monitor your blood pressure?
The real name for a blood pressure cuff is sphygmomanometer.
What is the other name of blood pressure?
High blood pressure is hypertension, and low blood pressure is hypotension.
When checking a blood pressure the name of artery that is palpated is?
radial is the artery that is palpated when checking a blood pressure
What is the name of the blood pressure measuered when the ventricles relax?
Diastolic pressure
What is the name of the breeze that will develop between the High Pressure and Low Pressure areas?
wind!!
Name 3 areas most at risk from pressure sores?
The 3 areas most at risk from pressure sores are the sacrum, coccyx, and the hips.
Does stress and medications affect blood pressure?
Stress activates the sympathetic nervous system which does increase the blood pressure. Many medications effect blood pressure, too many to name.
What is the scientific name for low blood pressure?
Hypotension
What is the real name for a blood pressure monitor?
A sphygmomanometer.
What is the technical name for abnormally high blood pressure?
The technical name for abnormally high blood pressure is hypertension. It is a condition where the force of blood against the walls of the arteries is consistently too high.
What is a name of high blood pressure medicine?
Hypertension = High Blood Pressure Tachycardia = High Pulse
