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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.


What is another name for air pressure gauge that starts with bar?

Barometer.


What is the name giving to a instrument for measuring pressure?

The instrument used for measuring pressure is called a manometer.


What is the name of a manul bp machine?

A commonly used manual blood pressure (BP) machine is called a sphygmomanometer. This device typically consists of an inflatable cuff, a pressure gauge, and a bulb for inflation. It allows healthcare professionals to measure a patient's blood pressure accurately by manually inflating the cuff and listening for the Korotkoff sounds with a stethoscope.


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?

The blood pressure measured when the ventricles relax is called diastolic blood pressure. It is the lower number in a blood pressure reading, representing the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest between contractions.


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 technical name for abnormally high blood pressure?

Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure.Dangerously high blood pressure is called critical hypertension.


What is the real name for a blood pressure monitor?

A sphygmomanometer.


What is a name of high blood pressure medicine?

Hypertension = High Blood Pressure Tachycardia = High Pulse