Blood pressure

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Blood pressure is due to the pressure of blood flow exerted on the blood vessels. The blood vessels create resistance to the flow, therefore creating a pressure resistance. High blood pressure is called hypertension. Low blood pressure is called hypotension [1]. The most common method of measuring blood pressure is to use a sphygmomanometer. It is recorded as systolic pressure over diastolic pressure and is written as 120/80mmHg

  1. ↑ http://www.bhf.org.uk/keeping_your_heart_healthy/preventing_heart_disease/blood_pressure.aspx , (2010)

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References

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbp/HBP_WhatIs.html

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