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DETERMINANTS OF BLOOD PRESSURE

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Total cards: 23•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

TEH FORCE EXERTED BY BLOOD AGAINST A UNIT AREA OF BLOOD VESSEL WALLS, EXPRESSED IN mmHg

#2
Front (Question)

WHAT SYSTOLIC BP

Back (Answer)

THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY BLOOD ON BLOOD VESSEL WALLS DURING VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION

#3
Front (Question)

WHAT IS DIASTOLIC BP

Back (Answer)

THE PRESSURE EXERTED ON BLOOD VESSEL WALLS DURING VENTRICULAR RELAXATION

#4
Front (Question)

WHAT IS PULSE PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BP

#5
Front (Question)

WHAT IS MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSSURE

Back (Answer)

THE PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES DURING ONE CARDIAC CYCLE

#6
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE IDEAL MAP

Back (Answer)

MORE THAN 60

#7
Front (Question)

WHAT IS RESISTANCE

Back (Answer)

OPPOSITION TO BLOODFLOW , THE MEASURE OF FRICTION BLOOD ENCOUNTERS AS IT PASSES THROUGH VESSELS

#8
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE SOURCES OF RESISTANCE

Back (Answer)

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER - SMALLER LUMEN = MORE RESISTANCE BLOOD VISCOSITY = MORE THICKBNESS = MORE RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL LENGTH = LONGER VESSEL = MORE RESISTANCE

#9
Front (Question)

WHICH BLOOD VESSELS ARE THE MAJOR DETERMINANTS OF RESISTANCE

Back (Answer)

ARTERIOLES

#10
Front (Question)

ARE NERUAL MECHANISMS SLOW OR FAST

Back (Answer)

REALLY FAST

#11
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE TWO NEURAL REFLEXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL CENTRES

Back (Answer)

BARORECEPTOR REFLEX AND CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX

#12
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES A BARORECEPTOR DETECT

Back (Answer)

STRETCH

#13
Front (Question)

IN WHICH TWO PLACES ARE BARARECEPTORS

Back (Answer)

AORTIC ARCH AND CAROTID SINUS

#14
Front (Question)

WHICH CRANIAL NERVES DO STRETCH SIGNALS CONDUCT TO THE MEDULLA VIA WHEN COMING FROM THE AORTIC ARCH AND CAROTID SINUS

Back (Answer)

AORTIC ARCH = VAGAS CAROTID SINUS = GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL

#15
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE THREE CARDIOVASCULAR CENTRES IN THE MEDULLA

Back (Answer)

CARDIOACCELATORY CARDIOINHIBITORY VASOMOTOR SYSTEM

#16
Front (Question)

BARORECEPTOR SIGNALS COMING FROM THE CARDIAC CENTRES IN THE MEDULLA THEN STRANSFER SIGANALS TO WHICH DIVIDISION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Back (Answer)

SNS

#17
Front (Question)

WHAT EFFECT DOES THE SNS HAVE ON VESSELS

Back (Answer)

VASOCONSTRICT TEH MUSCULAR ARTERIES

#18
Front (Question)

WHAT DO CHEMORECEPTORS PICK UP ON

Back (Answer)

DECREASED PH OR O2

#19
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE CARDIOACCELATORY CENTRE DO

Back (Answer)

INFLUENCES SYMPATHETIC SUPPLY TO HEART - INCREASING HR AND CONTRACTILITY, TRAVELLING ALONG T1-5/6 NERVES

#20
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE CARDIOINHIBITORY CENTRE DO

Back (Answer)

INFLUNCE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SUPPLY TO THE HEART, DECREASING HR, NEURAL PROJECTIONS TO TEH DORSAL MOTOR NUCLEUS OF CNX

#21
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE VASOMOTOR CENTRE DO

Back (Answer)

INFLUENCE SUMPATHETIC NERVOUS SUPPLY TO ARTERIOLAR SMOOTH MM CAUSING VASOCONSTRICTION

#22
Front (Question)

WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LONG TERM REGULATION OF BP

Back (Answer)

THE KIDNEYS AS THEY CAN GET RID OF (URINATE) OR REABSORB FLUID

#23
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