Blood Pressure Homework

What is a typical healthy individual's diastolic pressure around?

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

What is the force called that is exerted on the muscular walls of the blood vessels?

• body pressure

• blood pressure

• vein pressure

• oxygen pressure

The systolic blood pressure represents the

• Pressure in the arteries when the ventricles contract

• Pressure in the arteries when the heart relaxes

• Pressure in the arteries when the atria contract

• Expansion and recoiling of the aorta

What is happening during Diastole?

• Ventricles are relaxing

• Ventricles are contracting

Which of the following BP readings can be classified as hypertension, stage 1?

• 116/78 mm Hg

• 120/80 mm Hg

• 130/88 mm Hg

• 144/92 mm Hg

During diastole, what happens to the pressure in the arteries?

• The pressure is low

• The pressure is high

• The pressure doesn't change

What is the term for when your blood pressure rises over 140/90?

• Tonictension

• Hypertension

• Hypotension

• Radialtension

The pressure of force in being pushed around your body when heart contracts.

What reading goes on the top when recording blood pressure?

• Systolic

• Diastolic

The top number in a blood pressure refers to

• Septum

• Systole

• Diastole

• Pulse