Question

for a blood pressure reading of 125/86, the 86 represents the ____________. atrial diastolic pressure ventricular systolic pressure atrial systolic pressure ventricular diastolic pressure

Explanation:

Blood pressure is recorded as systolic pressure over diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure is when the heart contracts (ventricular systole), and diastolic pressure is when the heart relaxes (ventricular diastole). In the reading 125/86, the first number (125) is systolic, and the second number (86) is diastolic. Also, blood pressure refers to ventricular (not atrial) activity as the ventricles are the chambers that pump blood out of the heart to the body (systole) and refill (diastole).

Answer:

D. ventricular diastolic pressure