Heart Function and Blood

The 120 in the reading 120/80 represents the:

• systolic pressure

• arterial pulse

• diastolic pressure

• hypertension

Indicates how much pressure the blood is exerting against the artery walls when the ventricles are contracting:

• systolic pressure

• arterial pulse

• diastolic pressure

Indicates how much pressure the blood is exerting against the artery walls when the ventricles are in the state of relaxation:

• systolic pressure

• arterial pulse

• diastolic pressure

Which of the following blood pressure readings would be indicative of hypertension:

• 120/80

• 110/60

• 170/96

• 140/90 in a 60-year-old woman

What artery is used to measure blood pressure?

• carotid artery

• radial artery

• brachial artery

• popliteal artery

Which blood cells are most numerous in the body?

• plasma

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

• platelets

Which of the following blood cells contain hemoglobin?

• red blood cells

• platelets

• white blood cells

• all of the above

The fluid portion of blood

• lymph fluid

• plasma

• mucus

• platelets

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

What is diastole?

• 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

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