Blood Pressure

Question 1

Reasons for hypotension

Answer 1

Cuts or amputated limbs, drugs or hormones

Question 2

How does high intakes of salts increase blood pressure

Answer 2

Retains water. causing greater fluid volume lead to blood greater volume

Question 3

What can Increase blood pressure levels

Answer 3

Diet and lifestyle

Question 4

How does plaque increased blood pressure?

Answer 4

Formed by the fatty deposits from digested foods; lines the walls of the arteries and make the radius smaller, increasing the blood pressure

Question 5

Arteries must have

Answer 5

Elastic expandible walls

Question 6

The term diastolic pressure or diastole refers to

Answer 6

The blood pressure when the heart is at rest

Question 7

The term systolic pressure or Systole refers to

Answer 7

The pressure when the ventricles contract

Question 8

Example of hypotension blood pressure

Answer 8

110/70

Question 9

Hypertension

Answer 9

High blood pressure

Question 10

Hypotension

Answer 10

Low blood pressure

Question 11

Blood pressure is….

Answer 11

Not constant

Question 12

Proper kidney function can only be maintained if there is….

Answer 12

Sufficient pressure for filtration

Question 13

What Blood pressure reading is quite normal?

Answer 13

120/80

Question 14

What monitors blood pressure changes that need to be made ?

Answer 14

The hypothalamus (part of the brain)

Question 15

120/80

Answer 15

120- systolic Reading as ventricles contract

80-diastolic reading as the heart relaxes

Question 16

What volume of blood do the ventricles pump each time they contract?

Answer 16

Approximately 70 mL

Question 17

During hypotension, blood….

Answer 17

Does not reach all organs

Question 18

Reasons for high blood pressure-

Answer 18

Stress, plaques, high salt intake, smoking, stimulants, lack of exercise, diet (amount and type) working too hard, age, sex, race

Question 19

How does a body or just blood pressure?

Answer 19

Monitored by the hypothalamus part of the brain, the blood can dilate (widen) arterials thus slowing by pressure in them or constrict (barrow) them to raise blood pressure

Question 20

Pulse

Answer 20

As blood is pumped through the arteries, the arterial walls swell and then recoil. The swelling can be felt in any artery that runs close to the surface

Question 21

Where is blood pressure normally measured?

Answer 21

Along the brachial artery of the arm

Question 22

Blood pressure

Answer 22

The force of blood against a blood vessel walls