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Why do you use the left arm for taking pulse and blood pressure?
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Your heart is on the left side
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Is diastolic pressure equal to heart rate?
Systolic blood pressure is when the left ventricle contracts (first number), diastolic pressure is when the left ventricle relaxes (second number).
What is the pressure wave in arteries produced when the left ventricle contracts called?
"Blood pressure" is the pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries, maintained by the contraction of the left ventricle, the resistance of the arterioles and capillaries, the elasticity of the arterial walls, and by the viscosity and volume of the blood.
Why is having a pulse not a characteristic of all living things?
Not all living things have a heart that pumps blood in a cyclic fashion, which is what creates a pulse. The pulse is an increase in arterial pressure associated with blood being pumped by a contraction of the left ventricle. All mammals and birds have a pulse.
What does blood exerts against the walls of the arteries when the heart is in a contracted state?
Blood pressure. Speicifally: Hydrostatic pressure
What could be the reason the the right testicle has a pulse?
As long as blood is pumping through the testicle then it should have a pulse, the left testicle should have a pulse too.
What generates blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood pressing on the walls of arteries and veins. It is contracted by the left ventricle in the heart.
What is blood pressure and how do you take it?
It is a reading using a blood pressure cuff that gives you two numbers, the top being 'systolic' and the bottom being 'diastolic'. The systolic pressure is achieved when the left ventricle is pumping blood out into the body, the diastolic blood pressure is achieved when the left ventricle is relaxing. A "normal' blood pressure is 120/80. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is over 140 systolic or over 90 diastolic. Disease states may dictate different goals for blood pressure.
Where do you have the highest blood pressure?
aorta. The left ventricle pumps the blood into it...
What happens to your artery when you feel a pulse?
During diastole, or the resting part of the heartbeat, there is a minimum amount of pressure on arteries. When the heart pumps (systole) it forces the blood out of the ventricle and into the artery. Arteries are elastic, so when this blood passes through it, it causes the artery to expand from the increased pressure. It is this expansion as the bolus of blood rushes forward that you feel in a pulse.
What ventricle has the thickest wall and why?
left ventricles . as it pump blood to the aorta it needs a high pressure to take blood all over the body . left ventricle is thick as it needs a high pressure to pump blood and to withstand that pressure.
What type of blood pressure is measured when the left ventricle is contracting?
The systolic pressure.
Which side left or right puts the most pressure on the blood?
The left side: the ventricals.
