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Poor diet, stress, and smoking.
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What are the factors affecting peripheral resistance which influence BP?
There are three factors that increase peripheral resistance. These factors include autonomic activity, pharmacologic agents, and blood viscosity. Each factor increases the constriction of arteries, which in turn causes peripheral resistance.
What three things can you do to increase the rate of dissolving a gas in a liquid?
Increase the amount of liquid Decrease the temperature of the liquid Increase the pressure of the gas
What two things help the blood in veins return to the heart?
The blood in veins is at a lower pressure than it is in the arteries. The lower pressure makes for challenges getting that blood back to the heart. As there is less force (pressure) in the veins, blood would pool in the lower parts of the body if there were not mechanisms to prevent that. There are three different things that help blood get back to the heart. The three mechanisms are: venous valves, muscular pumps, and the respiratory pump.
If you wanted to increase pressure inside of a sealed Zip Loc bag what three things could you do?
Without breaking the seal or puncturing the bag, there is only one thing that would increase the pressure - warming it up.
How does your pulse and blood pressure work?
Your "pulse" is how fast your heart is beating, and is measured in how many beats in a minute. This is controlled by several things. One is how healthy your heart is (if you have a strong heart, i.e. from exercising, your heart does not have to beat as often for the same effect and therefore your pulse will be lower). If you are exercising, your pulse or heart rate will increase to meet the increasing oxygen demands of your muscles. Also, if you are afraid, stressed out, or angry, your sympathetic nervous system stimulates the "flight or fight" response which increases your heart rate for the same reason. Your Blood pressure, however, is how much pressure is actually being exerted on the insides of your blood vessels when your heart beats. This is affected by three things: the size of your blood vessels, the strength of your heart, and the amount of fluid or blood in your bloodstream. The flight or fight response can affect these things by causing your heart to beat harder, therefore exerting more pressure, and by causing your blood vessels to constrict, or narrow. Both of these things raise your blood pressure. Again, exercise also causes your heart to beat harder and raises your blood pressure. Nicotine causes your blood vessels to constrict and this increases blood pressure. If you are dehydrated or bleeding severely, your blood pressure goes down because there is less fluid in your blood stream. Your body will compensate for this by increasing your pulse rate and constricting your blood vessels. The numbers you see in a blood pressure represent your systolic Blood Pressure (the first and usually higher number) and your diastolic Blood Pressure. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted on your blood vessels when your heart pumps. This is why this pressure is higher. The diastolic Blood Pressure is the pressure in your blood vessels in between heart beats. Review: Related Links for more info.
What are three types of blood tubes Which one carries blood at the lowest pressure?
The three types of blood vessels are the capillaries, arteries, and veins. The veins are the ones that have the lowest pressure.
Does Malta increase or lowers blood pressure?
Malta is a soft drink brewed from barley, hops, yeast, and water, much like beer is, however Malta is non-alcoholic. It is also infused with B vitamins. The article I read does not mention anything about caffeine, so drinking one or two a day probably is not harmful for your high blood pressure.
What are three things that affect blood pressure?
The three factors that contribute to arterial blood pressure cardiac output, blood volume, and resistance. These factors cause the variance between systolic and diastolic pressure.
A Short term mechanisms for regulating blood pressure include regulating what three things?
vessel diameter, heart rate, heart contractility
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 three things blood contains?
Blood contains four things: white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and plasma.
Ideal blood pressure for 64 year old female?
Normal blood pressure for any adult is less then 120/80. Hypertension is any blood pressure over 140/90. Hypertension is not diagnosed with a single reading, however, as the diagnosis of hypertension is dependent on a persistence of high blood pressure. For this reason, hypertension is only diagnosed and treated if the blood pressure is elevated over 140/90 on three separate readings on three separate days.
