blood pressure

3. a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness which can affect blood pressure readings.
5. the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
6. Pressure the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels
7. is wrapped around a patient's arm and then inflated in order to measure their blood pressure.
10. medical instrument used in listening to sounds produced within the body.
13. relating to or done with the hands.
14. a systolic pressure from 120-130 or diastolic from 80-89
15. The bottom number, measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart rests between beats.
16. artery used to take blood pressure
17. a muscle that pumps blood to all parts of your body. The blood pumped by your heart provides your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs to function.
18. you cannot be in this position while your blood pressure is being taken
19. the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
20. A large vein that carries blood to the heart from other areas of the body.
23. instrument for measuring blood pressure.
24. a column of mercury next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure
25. veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.

1. the system that circulates blood and lymph through the body, consisting of the heart, blood vessels, blood, lymph, and the lymphatic vessels and glands.
2. use this to disinfect your stethoscope before taking blood pressure
4. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart under pressure.
8. blood vessels that carry blood from the right side of the heart through to the capillaries of the lungs
9. unit of measurement is used to measure blood pressure
11. when is blood pressure that is higher than normal
12. The top number,measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats
21. prevent the backward flow of blood
22. when blood pressure is lower than normal