If not, tell me what you think it is!
2007-02-23 12:10:54 · 16 answers · asked by RIVER 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It is a blood pressure thingy and it is spelled with a "y" but if I were guessing, I'd say it measures sphygs. WTF?
2007-02-23 12:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by tankgirl190 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A sphygmomanometer or blood pressure meter is a device used to measure blood pressure, comprising an inflatable cuff to restrict blood flow, and a mercury or mechanical manometer to measure the pressure. It is always used in conjunction with a means to determine at what pressure blood flow is just starting, and at what pressure it is unimpeded. Manual sphygmomanometers are used in conjunction with a stethoscope.
The word comes from the Greek sphygmus (pulse), plus the scientific term manometer (pressure meter). The device was invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch. Scipione Riva-Rocci, an Italian physician, introduced a more easily used version in 1896. Harvey Cushing discovered this device in 1901 and popularised it.
A sphygmomanometer usually consists of an inflatable cuff, a measuring unit (the mercury manometer), a tube to connect the two, and (in models that don't inflate automatically) an inflation bulb also connected by a tube to the cuff. The inflation bulb contains a one-way valve to prevent inadvertent leak of pressure while there is an adjustable screw valve for the operator to allow the pressure in the system to drop in a controlled manner.
2007-02-23 12:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by beeps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood Pressure Apperatus?
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2007-02-23 12:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't like the automatic ones that take it every 15 minutes, had one of thoes last time I was in the hospital and it kept waking me up I never got used to it.
2007-02-23 12:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's the thing that measures blood pressure. I love saying that word! :)
2007-02-23 12:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by ?~GotLove~? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's the device they put around your arm and squeeze the little bulb to take your blood pressure.
2007-02-23 12:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Blood pressure monitor. I love that word!
2007-02-23 12:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by comet girl...DUCK! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does it measure blood pressure.
2007-02-23 12:14:49 · answer #8 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with blood pressure.
2007-02-23 12:14:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blood pressure meter...
2007-02-23 12:17:11 · answer #10 · answered by P-Nut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It measures your blood pressure.
2007-02-23 12:24:44 · answer #11 · answered by hello world 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋