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What is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels?
No, systolic pressure is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. Diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels.
How does hypertention affect your blood vessels?
Well, it does not tell how. But it affects the walls of your blood vessels
What blood pressure readings means?
Blood vessels are the part of the circulatory system which transports blood throughout the body.Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. It means blood pressure is the speed of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels.
Blood preaaure is defined as the force that blood exerts on the inner walls of blood vessels true or false?
True, blood pressure is the force that the blood exerts against the walls of the blood vessels, usually the arteries.
What transports blood to the vessels of the chest wall?
compare the kinds of blood vessels according to the thickness of the walls
What is the medical term meaning highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels?
The systolic pressure is the highest pressure measured against the walls of blood vessels.
What Sensory receptors monitor blood pressure in the walls of major blood vessels?
Baroreceptors
How do arteries deffer from veins?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, have thicker walls (more muscle and elastic tissue) and smaller lumens. Veins carry blood towards the heart, have thinner walls, and larger lumens. They also have one-way valves to prevent backflow of blood to the lower extremeties.
What is angiosclerosis?
the abnormal hardening of the walls of blood vessels
What is angionecrosis?
angionecrosis is the death of the walls of blood vessels
Blood pressure is exerted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels as a result of?
force/pressure
What type of muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs and in the walls of blood vessels?
multiunit smooth muscle are found in those areas and a few more.
