The First of the Two Numbers Measured When Taking the Blood

question 28

Multiple Choice

The first of the two numbers measured when taking the blood pressure represents .

• A) pulse pressure
• B) diastolic pressure
• C) systolic pressure
• D) isovolumetric pressure

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Definitions:

DNA Replication

The biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.

mRNA Molecule

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Introns

Non-coding sequences of DNA within a gene that are removed by RNA splicing during the maturation of the final RNA product.

Exons

Regions of a gene that code for proteins and are expressed in the RNA.