While Shopping at Your Local Drugstore,you Stop at the Blood

question 1

Multiple Choice

While shopping at your local drugstore,you stop at the blood pressure machine.It measures your blood pressure as 115/75 (good-that's healthy!) .This number means that

• A)arterial pressure is 115 mm Hg when the ventricles contract and 75 mm Hg in between ventricular contractions.
• B)arterial pressure is 75 mm Hg when the ventricles contract and 115 mm Hg in between ventricular contractions.
• C)arterial pressure is 115 mm Hg when the atria contract and 75 mm Hg in between atrial contractions.
• D)your sinoatrial node generates a 115 mV signal and your atrioventricular node generates a 75 mV signal.
• E)your sinoatrial node generates a 75 mV signal and your atrioventricular node amplifies this to a 75 mV signal.

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