HAGT09F Introduction to Nutrition and Disease

​Blood pressure is the force of blood as it presses against the walls of blood vessels

• True

• False

Which blood vessels takes blood away from the heart?

• Artery

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Alveoli

Blood Pressure generally refers to Venous pressure

• True

• False

What is the major characteristics of veins?

• thin walls

• lower pressure blood

• mainly deoxygenated blood

• all of the above

Below are factors affecting blood pressure except for

• Volume of water in the body

• level of physical activity

• levels of various hormone

• salt content of body

Hypotension is blood pressure that is higher than normal

• True

• False

A normal blood pressure level is less than 120/80 mmHg.

• True

• False

Which of the following is consider as having normal blood pressure?

• 115/78 mmHg

• 133/86 mmHg

• 143/97mmHg

• 178/104 mmHg

What is Diastolic pressure define as?

• maximum pressure in the artery during diastole of the heart

• measures the pressure in artery when the heart muscle contracting

• measures the pressure in artery when the heart muscle relaxing

• maximum pressure in the artery during systole of the heart

What is/are the method(s) to measure blood pressure?

• Cannula needle in artery

• Auscultatory

• Oscillometric

• All of the above