Question

Short term and long term regulation of blood pressure

Answer 1

decreasing physical activity, lying flat and raising the lower portion of the body (legs) is short term regulation. using the tablets containing atenolol on a doctor's prescription is long term regulation

Answer 2

Answer:

A1.

The pressure that is exerted on the arteries walls due to the flow of blood is called as blood pressure.

The blood flows in closed vessels so it exerts some pressure on the wall of these vessels. And ,as soon as the blood is pumped into the arteries it exerts some pressure on the artery wall.

Blood pressure is measured using an instrument called sphygmomanometer.

Our blood pressure is measured in two stages that is :-

*Systolic pressure (also known as Pumping pressure)

*Diastolic pressure (also called as Resting pressure)

The normal blood pressure in an healthy adult is 120/80 mm Hg.

Here, normal systolic pressure is 120mm Hg and Diastolic pressure is 80 mm Hg .