Blood Pressure Quiz

Normal blood pressure is...

• 120/80 mmHg
• 80/120 mmHg
• 140/90 mmHg
• 80/140 mmHg

Chronic high BP is called...

• Hypertrophy
• Atrophy
• Hypertension
• Hyperatrophy

Average heart rate is ...
(bpm = beats per min)

• 120 bpm
• 140 bpm
• 80 bpm
• 70 bpm

Plaques in the blood vessel cased by damage to the arterial wall is called...

• Atherosclerosis
• Anteriorsclerosis
• Your mom
• Angioplasty

For a blood pressure reading, the number on top measures...

• Diastolic Pressure
• Systolic Pressure
• Diastemic Pressure
• Systemic Pressure

The number on the bottom of a BP reading measures...

• Pressure during a heart contraction
• Pressure between heart beats
• Pressure of the blood vessels on the blood
• Thickness of blood

Which of the following does NOT affect BP?

• Blood volume
• Stress
• Blood viscosity
• Blood temperature

Eating salt can help your hypertension.

• True
• False

Hypertension is anything above...

• 120/80 mmHg
• 90/120 mmHg
• 140/90 mmHg
• 80/140 mmHg

Taking aspirin will...

• Thin blood & lower BP
• Thicken blood & lower BP
• Thin blood & raise BP
• have no affect on BP