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Blood pressure
1. Define the term blood pressure
2. Define the term systolic pressure. What part of the heart creates the systolic pressure?
3. Define the term diastolic pressure. What part of the heart creates the diastolic pressure?
4. What are the three main factors that affect blood pressure? Go through each factor, for example, blood volume and ask yourself if blood volume increases how would BP change? Similarly, if blood volume decreases, how would BP change?
5. If blood pressure increases, map out the steps that need to occur to maintain homeostasis. Is this a positive or negative feedback mechanism, and explain why?
6. Define hypertension. What values of systole and diastole would be considered hypertensive?
7. What are some factors that could cause hypertension?
8. Define hypotension. What values of systole and diastole would be considered hypotensive?
9. What are some factors that could cause hypotension?