Blood Pressure

If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body how many miles would they be?

• 60,000

• 100,000

• 50,000

• 75,000

How many gallons of blood does your heart pump each day?

• 1000 gallons

• 7500 gallons

• 4000

• 2000

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

• body pressure

• blood pressure

• vein pressure

• oxygen pressure

What it is called when the heart contracts and forces blood through the arteries?

• diastolic pressure

• vein pressure

• artery pressure

• systolic pressure

What is the name when blood pressure falls to its lowest pressure, between beats?

• systolic pressure

• artery pressure

• vein pressure

• diastolic pressure

What is a typical healthy person's systolic pressure around?

• 120

• 100

• 80

• 60

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

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

What system does the blood travel through in the body?

• Integumentary system

• Reproductive system

• Endocrine system

• Circulatory system

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

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

• Tonictension

• Hypertension

• Hypotension

• Radialtension

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What is it called when fat/plaque forms on the arterial wall and thickens, and stiffens it?

• Rebound arthritis

• Inflammation

• Skeletalitis

• Atherosclerosis