SCI 207 – Why is blood pressure a sensible reading to measure circulatory health

Week 4 Assignment 1: Virtual
Lab – Blood Pressure

Submission
Instructions: Please complete your answers to the lab
questions on this form. Please complete your answers, and SAVE the file in
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completed form to the Week 4 Laboratory dropbox in the Ashford University
classroom.

Table 2:
Blood Pressure and Pulse Readings

Activity

Blood Pressure (mmHg)
Systolic/Diastolic

Pulse (Beats/Minute)

Basal (Normal)

Lying Down

After Exercise

Post-Lab Questions:
1.
What
is systolic pressure? What is diastolic pressure?

2.
Why
is blood pressure a sensible reading to measure circulatory health?

3.
Explain
the “lub-dub” sounds of the heartbeat.

4.
Why
do blood pressure and heart rate change after exercise?

5.
How
might the results in Table 2 change if someone else preformed the activities?
Why?

6.
Why
is it important for blood to flow in only one direction?