Circulatory System and Blood Pressure

When measuring blood pressure, you are measuring the ____ of blood flowing through arteries

• rate

• quality

• force

• regularity

The measurement of force exerted on the wall of the arteries when the heart contracts is

• systolic pressure

• diastolic pressure

• pulse pressure

If the arteries are narrow and hard, the blood prrssure is likely to be _____ than normal

• higher

• lower

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What are the smaller arteries called?

• arterioles

• capillaries

• venules

• blood vessels

Arteries generally flow in which direction?

• down or with gravity

• up or against gravity

• down the road

• when we're going, we don't need roads

Turbulent flow makes no sound

• True

• False

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Blood pressure

• cardiac output x heart rate

• total peripheral resistance x cardiac output

• end diastolic volume x heart rate

• heart rate x total peripheral resistance

Total peripheral resistance is influence by

• length of blood vessels

• viscosity of blood

• radius of blood vessels

Does stress affect blood pressure?

• Yes

• No

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Which artery normally do we take blood pressure?

• femoral

• brachial

• coronal

• radial