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Blood pressure is is sometimes called arterial blood pressure. It is caused by circulating blood on the walls of arteries. When the heart beats, it does not have a constant pressure. It rests slightly in between beats. There is a maximum called systolic and a minimum called diastolic. The pressure is measured in the upper arm at the brachial artery. The BP is expressed in systolic pressure over diastolic pressure in millimeters of Mercury (mmHg) and normal blood pressure for an adult is 120/80.
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What is the syandard measure of blood pressure?
The standard measure of blood pressure is the millimeters of mercury.
How can blood pressure be measured?
How do you measure blood presure?
What is your blood pressure?
It is a measure of the pressure of the blood in your arteries at two stages of the heartbeat.
What is a sphygmomanometer used for?
A sphygmomanometer is used to measure blood pressure. It consists of an inflatable cuff to restrict blood flow, a pressure gauge to measure the pressure in the cuff, and a stethoscope to detect the sounds of blood flowing through an artery.
A measure of the flow of blood in atries is called?
Blood pressure refers to the blood flow and resistance in the arteries. The device used to measure blood pressure is the sphygmomanometer or sphygmometer.
What do Baroreceptors measure?
blood pressure
Does a barometer measure blood pressure?
The instrument used to obtain blood pressure is a sphygmomanometer.
Blood pressure is a measurement of what?
Blood pressure is the measure of the force of the blood against the walls of the blood vessels that it is contained in. Blood pressure is usually expressed in mmHg as the systolic pressure divided by the diastolic pressure.
What is the measure of the flow of blood in arteries called?
blood pressure
A measure of the flow of the blood in arteries is called?
blood pressure
What is the measure of blood flow in the arteries called?
Blood pressure
What is the relationship between peripheral resistance and blood pressure?
Systolic BP is a measure of blood pressure while the heart is pumping; diastolic BP is a measure of blood pressure while the heart is not pumping. BP is the pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels.
