blood pressure

     

Bloo pressure refers to the force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, and constitutes one of the principal vital signs. The pressure of the circulating blood decreases as blood moves through arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins; the term blood pressure generally refers to arterial pressure, i.e., the pressure in the larger arteries, arteries being the blood vessels which take blood away from the heart. Arterial pressure is most commonly measured via a sphygmomanometer, which uses the height of a column of mercury to reflect the circulating pressure (see Non-invasive measurement). Blood pressure values are reported in either kilopascals (kPa) or in millimetres of mercury (mmHg), despite the fact that many modern vascular pressure devices no longer use mercury.

Trivia about blood pressure

  • A doctor should check your BP, this vital sign
  • It's a vital sign:BP
  • "White Coat Syndrome" usually refers to the elevation of this measurement by anxiety in the doctor's presence
  • Smoking, obesity & stress can cause hypertension, the abnormal elevation of this
  • The Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition reports humans who own pets have lower systolic levels of this
  • A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic
  • It might feel like your arm is going to explode when that rubber cuff is inflated, but the doc is just measuring this
  • Your baroreceptors are sensory devices that keep this steady
  • Pardon my language, but it's what a sphygmomanometer measures
  • Usually attached to an inflatable cuff, a sphygmomanometer measures this
  • An "arm hug" is what your doctor, or your mom, may call the cuff that tests this
  • A ratio of systolic & diastolic values

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