Ch 14 part 2 - Measuring Blood Pressure with a Sphygmomanometer

To calculate Mean Arterial Pressure: (Systolic Blood Pressure + 2(______ Blood Pressure)) / 3

A ______ is a device used to measure blood pressure.

Inflate the cuff to completely ______ the brachial artery.

No sounds should be heard through a ______ placed near the brachial artery because no blood flow is occurring.

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is the ______ pressure in the aorta, which occurs during systole.

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is the ______ pressure in the aorta, which occurs during diastole.

Arterioles provide about ______% of the vasculature's overall resistance.

The biggest drop in blood pressure happens at the ______.

Blood pressure gets less and less ______ as the blood moves away from the heart.

By the time blood reaches the capillaries, it has completely lost its ______ nature.

Blood flow through the capillaries has to be very ______, or they will burst.

Many students believe that capillaries will have the largest ______ to blood flow.

You must Inflate the cuff to a pressure that is higher than what you expect the ______ blood pressure to be.

Record the pressure when the first sound is heard through a stethoscope.This represents the ______ blood pressure.

Continue deflating the cuff until no sound is heard and record the pressure.This is the ______ blood pressure.

Blood pressure Is reported like a ______.

The top number is the ______ pressure.

The bottom number is the ______ pressure.