Systolic pressure is a measure of blood pressure when the ventricles relax and fill with blood
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Diastolic arterial blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries at the time of cardiac diastole. Another way of saying this is that the diastolic blood pressure is the ______ (Diastole: the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood). minimum pressure present in the arteries. maximum pressure present in the arteries. pressure in the ateries when the ventricles contract. pressure in the arteries during the ventricular contraction over the pressure in the arteries during ventricular relaxation.
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A blood pressure measurement consists of two numbers: the systolic pressure, which is the maximum pressure taken when the heart is contracting, and the diastolic pressure, which is the minimum pressure taken at the beginning of the heartbeat. Blood pressures were measured, in millimeters, for a sample of 16 adults. The following table presents the results. Systolic | Diastolic 134 | 87 115 | 83 113 | 77 123 | 77 119 | 69 118 | 88 130 | 76 118 | 70 133 | 91 112 | 75 107 | 71 110 | 74 108 | 69 105 | 66 157 | 103 154 | 94
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Explain how a sphygmomanometer (blood pressure gauge) measures systolic and diastolic pressure.
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