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the pressure of the blood in the circulatory system
Blood pressure
Blood pressure is related to __________ and _______ of heart beat
force and rate
Blood pressure is related to the diameter and elasticity of the _______
Arterial Walls
Blood pressure is related to the _____ and _______ of the arterial walls
Elasticity and diameter
is the frequency of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute.
Heart beat
an instrument for measuring blood pressure.
Sphygmomanometer
is a medical device for auscultation, or listening to internal sounds of a human body
Stethoscope
is the bottom number in a blood pressure reading, representing the pressure in your arteries when your heart is at rest between beats.
diastolic
indicating the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats and pumps blood into the arteries
Systolic
Range of low systolic pressure
Range of ideal systolic pressure
Range of pre-high systolic pressure
Range of high systolic pressure
70-90
91-120
121-140
141-190
Range of low diastolic pressure
Range of ideal diastolic pressure
Range of pre-high diastolic pressure
Range of high diastolic pressure
40-60
61-80
81-90
91-100