Blood pressure

Introduction: Blood pressure

Blood is a fluid circulating in a close system. Just like any pipes, there is a "pressure" at which the fluid is maintained. Blood has a pressure that is maintained within a normal range by various aspects of the circulatory system, such as the heart (pumps to increase/maintain pressure), walls of blood vessels (muscles constrict or dilate blood vessels to increase or reduce blood pressure), clotting (which maintains a closed system by preventing leakage, i.e. bleeding), and numerous other aspects. High blood pressure is called hypertension; low blood pressure is called hypotension.

Descriptions of Blood pressure

Blood pressure : force exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries and other vessels.
Source: CRISP

Summary Information: Blood pressure

Blood pressure: The level of pressure of the blood in blood vessels.

Condition count: 5 ; see list below.

Related organs: blood vessels (57), artery (22), vein (7), heart (55), blood (59), circulatory system (151)

Organs: list of all organs

Blood pressure: Related Topics

• Blood
• Blood symptoms
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder
• Pressure

Diseases List for Blood pressure:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Blood pressure' or similar listed as an affected body part in our database:

E

• Eclampsia ... blood pressure

H

• Hypertension ... blood pressure
• Hypotension ... blood pressure

O

• Orthostatic hypotension ... blood pressure

S

• Shock ... blood pressure

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