Pressure Unit) 2025/2026 Exam
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What measures the force, or pressure, of the blood against the artery walls
when the heart contracts and relaxes? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Blood pressure
What is blood pressure? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The force of blood against
arterial walls
________ readings indicate when the left ventricle of the heart contracts to
push blood into the arteries. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Systolic
_________ readings indicate the constant pressure on the artery walls
when the left ventricle of the heart relaxes. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diastolic
, What is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Pulse pressure
The average normal reading for adult systolic pressure is less than... - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔120 mm Hg
The average normal reading for adult diastolic pressure is less than... - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔80 mm Hg
An average normal reading of 80 mm Hg is the standard for which blood
pressure measurement? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diastolic
An average normal reading of 120 mm Hg is the standard for which blood
pressure measurement? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Systolic
Systolic between 120-129 mm Hg and diastolic less than 80 mm Hg is
known as... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Elevated blood pressure
Systolic between 130-139 mm Hg or diastolic between 80-89 mm Hg is
known as... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stage 1 Hypertension
Systolic at least 140 mm Hg or diastolic at least 90 mm Hg is known as... -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Stage 2 Hypertension