Question

Define: (a)Blood pressure (b)Artrial pressure (c)systol (d)diastol (e)Pulse pressure

Answer 1

1. BLOOD PRESSURE is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.
2. ARTERIAL PRESSURE is the pressure of the circulating of blood on the arteries. it is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance.
3. SYSTOLE is the phrase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.  
4. DIASTOLE is the phrase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allow the chamber to fill with blood.
5. PULSE PRESSURE is the difference between the systolic and the diastolic pressure readings.