Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is recorded as

• Hydrostatic /diastolic

• Diastolic/ hydrostatic

• Systolic/diastolic

• Diastolic/systolic

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

Normal blood pressure is...

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

A blood pressure cuff is also called a 

• Mercury meter
• Stethoscope 
• Pythogometer
• Sphygnomanometer

Why is high blood pressure or hypertension a 'silent' killer?

• It has no sound

• It has no symptoms

• It kills people

• It is a leading cause of death in the world

Simon has blood pressure 183/81, what is Simon's systolic pressure?

• 81

• 183

• 183/81

• 81/183

What helps prevent High Blood Pressure?

• Physical Excersise
• Stress Management
• All of the Above
• Low Sodium Diets

When the heart contracts, it produces a wave of fluid pressure in the ?

• veins

• capillaries

• arteries

• pharynx

What is systole?

• the blood pressure created when the heart relaxes

• the blood pressure created when the heart contracts

• a blood disease spread by blood sucking mosquitoes

• pathway that pumps oxygen poor blood between the heart and lungs

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

• rate

• quality

• force

• regularity