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WorksheetsHAGT09F Introduction to Nutrition and Disease
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
Auscultation is the process of listening to the sounds produced by movement of gas/liquid within the body using a stethoscope
True
False
What is epistaxis?
imsonnia
nausea
nosebleed
ringing in the ear
Below are some of the symptoms of hypertension, except for
stroke
headache
tinnitus
blurry vision
How many stages of blood pressure?
3
4
5
6
What does mm Hg refers to?
millimeter of mercury
milliliter of mercury
millimeel of mercury
milligram of mercury
