What is the technical term for High Blood Pressure?
Hypertension
Hyperextension
Hypertorso
Hyperstation
When blood pressure is measured in the "Diastolic Phase" is the ventricle relaxed or contracted?
Relaxed
Contracted
What is the term given to the measurement of blood pressure when the ventricle is contracted?
Systemic
Systolic
Syster
Syssy
Choose 3 factors which are MOST LIKELY TO INCREASE blood pressure.
Delila has a blood pressure of 180 over 80. Is it her "Systolic" or "Diastolic" blood pressure which is a little high?
Diastolic
Systolic
Jim's blood pressure is 180 over 110. Is this high or low compared with the "average" ?
High
Low
What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
Blood pressure
Blood thickness
Blood consistency
Blood volume
What does CHD stand for?
Coronary Heart Disease
Colonial Heart Disease
Coronary Heart Diabetes
Colostomy bag
The average blood pressure is approximately 120 over 80. True or False?
True
False
What is the SI unit for measuring blood pressure?
mmHg
mmmg
mgmg
mhgb
Stress, age, exercise level, blood cholesterol, smoking, weight, too much salt and alcohol can all have an effect on blood pressure. Could excess cholesterol in the blood increase or decrease blood pressure?
Increase
Decrease
In sport, it is natural for blood pressure to go up when exercising as the blood is being pumped harder and faster around the body. True or False?
True
False
If an aged person tried to exercise too quickly
at too high an intensity. This could cause dangerously high blood pressure
due to the likely hood of them having a higher cholesterol level and thus
more chance of a blockage in an artery or vein. True of False?
True
False
High blood pressure in the aged is quite a natural
occurrence. Which type of exercise programme is most appropriate for an
average aged person of about 80+ ?
Slow, maintenance exercise such as brisk walking 3 or 4 times a week because too much too soon could be a shock to the body and raise blood pressure too high.
Jogging or Mountain biking 5 times a week to enable the heart to grow stronger.
High intensity aerobics followed by a Kick boxing session
3 times a week to shock the body into action!