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What term refers to the force exerted as the heart pumps blood from the left ventricle into the arteries and out into the body?
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Which term refers to the force exerted as the heart pumps blood from the left ventricle to the arteries and out into the body?
systole
What is the lowest pressure exerted by blood in your arteries is your- blood pressure?
The lowest pressure exerted by blood in your arteries is your diastolic blood pressure.
What is the pressure wave in arteries produced when the left ventricle contracts called?
"Blood pressure" is the pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries, maintained by the contraction of the left ventricle, the resistance of the arterioles and capillaries, the elasticity of the arterial walls, and by the viscosity and volume of the blood.
Define systolic and diastolic blood pressure?
Blood Pressure: The force at which blood flows through the arteries in the body. Systolic: Refers to the pressure on the arteries as the heart contracts (squeezes). Diastolic: Refers to the pressure on the vessels as the heart relaxes.
What carries blood under high pressure from the left ventricle?
The pulmonary arteries convey the blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
Where does the blood go from the left ventricle of the heart?
arteries
How can you use the word ventricle in a sentence?
The heart's left ventricle receives blood from the arteries.
What pumps blood into arteries?
The right ventricle pumps blood into the pulmonary artery.
Does blood pressure determine the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries?
Yes it does.
Where does right ventricle pump blood when it contracts?
The right ventricle pumps blood to the pulmonary arteries which carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs to be oxygenated.
Which chamber pumps blood into the pulminory arteries?
The right ventricle
What pumps blood into the arteries leading to the lungs?
The right ventricle
