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In blood pressure nomenclature, where blood pressure is denoted xxx/yy, "xxx" is called the systolic blood pressure, whereas "yy" is called the diastolic blood pressure.
A normal average blood pressure is 120/80, across the population. Yours may be slightly higher or lower than this average.
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What is the highest pressure against the blood vessels?
systolic, its the number on top, that's why that number is larger
What causes the top number of Blood Pressure to increase?
what can cause the top number of blood pressure run up to 159
Why blood pressure is expressed with two number?
When a blood vessel (like an elastic pipe) is empty there is no pressure on its wall. When there is blood flowing in a blood vessel it exerts pressure on the walls of the blood vessel (pipe). This is the basal pressure called the Diastolic pressure (The lower of the two numbers). When the heart pumps blood it drives the blood with force and this exerts higher pressure on the walls of the blood vessel. This is called the Systolic pressure, the higher number in the blood pressure measurement. Thus, Blood Pressure of 120/70 means the systolic pressure is 120 and the diastolic pressure is 70.
What are the two blood pressure measures called?
Blood pressure is the amount of blood per section of your blood vessels. You have two different readings because blood pressure varies; for example, your blood pressure is higher after heavy exercise due to the fact that your heart is pumping blood faster.
What do blood pressure readings mean?
The top number in the blood pressure fraction is the Systolic pressure, or the amount of pressure put on the walls of the arteries during the contraction and ejection of blood from the left ventricle. The bottom number is called the Diastolic Pressure and it means the lowest pressure in an artery in the moments between beats when your heart is resting.
Is 157 102 high blood pressure?
A blood pressure reading of 137/78 is not considered high. When the top number is 140 or higher that is considered high blood pressure.
What do the 2 numbers in blood pressure represent?
The first number in a blood pressure reading is the systolic blood pressure. It represents the pressure in the artery when the heart is contracting. The second number is the diastolic blood pressure, and represents the pressure when the heart is relaxing.
Is 287 over 86 blood pressure ok?
If your top number is 140 or more then you have very high blood pressure, regardless of your bottom number - your apparatus is faulty
What is resting blood pressure?
Resting Blood Pressure: Diastolic (blood filling into atrium of heart) is the top number Systolic (blood pumping from atrium into ventricles of heart) is the bottom number
How are heart contractions and blood pressure related?
Yes. The top number which is called Systolic is the pressure on the arteries when the heart is contracting. The bottom number which is called Diastolic, is the pressure on the arteries when the heart is relaxed. If you were to feel your pulse, it has a rhythm. When you feel the heart is contracting. The heart is relaxing between the beats.
What is normal blood pressure 48 female?
120/80 is normal 140/90 is high blood pressure Around age 50 the top number (systolic) can begin to rise without the bottom number (diastolic) rising, and this is called Isolated Systolic Hypertension.
What blood pressure is the force of blood on the?
The blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries created by the large quantity of blood circulating in them. The number on the top is the systolic blood pressure and the number on the bottom is the diastolic blood pressure. The systolic BP is the pressure in the arteries right when the blood is pumped out of the heart, therefore the pressure is bigger. The diastolic BP is the pressure in the arteries after the blood has been pumped out and before the next heart contraction. At this moment, the heart is relaxed and the pressure is much lower.
