okay here is a measure:
120/80- 120 over 80.
what does the first number represent? The second number?
2007-12-10 13:48:08 · 14 answers · asked by Dimples 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
but what do these numbers represent? 120 gallons going in, 80 going out out? are they tiny pumps of blood? please further explain.....
2007-12-10 13:55:08 · update #1
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure respectively. Systolic blood pressure is the pressure of your blood when the ventricles of your heart is contracting. Diastolic blood pressure when your heart is relaxed and filling with blood.
2007-12-10 13:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Spartan R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
120 is the systolic pressure...is the peak pressure at the moment when your heart contracts and pumps out the blood into the arteries.
80 is the diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure in the arteries just before th next contraction of the heart.
120/80 is the average for young healthy adults.
2007-12-10 21:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The top number 120 is your systolic pressure, it is the pressure in mm/hg that your heart exerts against your blood vessels when your heart is in the systole phase or the BEAT. The diastolic pressure is 80 mm/hg (millimeters of mercury). It is the pressure inside your blood vessels when the heart is at rest. So the difference between your systole and diastole is 40. 120-80. That is your pulse pressure or the amount of pressure your heart exerts against your blood vessels is 40 mm/hg. Understand.
2007-12-10 21:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Top number is systolic the force of your heart pumping blood, and the lower number is diastolic, the the heart relaxing. 120/80 is the norm.
2007-12-10 21:52:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
DIASTOLIC pressure... The residual perssure in the arteries when the heart has stopped exerting pressure to force the blood into the arteries
The previous number(120), is called SYSTOLIC pressure.
2007-12-10 21:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by Harish K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are pressure readings in millimeters of mercury, that is the amount of pressure it takes to raise a column of mercury 120 mm when the heart is squeezing out blood, and 80mm when the heart is refilling. To get a feel for how much pressure that is, one atmosphere of pressure or 14.7 PSI will raise a column of mercury 29.27 inches.
2007-12-11 16:05:48 · answer #6 · answered by jimmymae2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
systolic, the higher value, when the heart is contracting and pushing blood forward.
diastolic, when the heart is relaxed.
normal blood pressure is 120 over 80, so you might just live.
2007-12-10 21:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by Arabian Dune 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
don't know what it represents but the top one isn't very important, its the bottom one that counts.
80 is good though, be happy.
I'm 17 and my blood pressure changes from 110/70 to 150/100 in under 20 minutes. I forgot what its called though...
2007-12-10 21:51:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
systolic and dystolic pressures, the blood going out of the heart and the blood going back to the heart
and that's not high, that's perfect
2007-12-10 21:50:39 · answer #9 · answered by Jimbo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Systolic/dystolic
How fast your heart takes to pump the blood.
2007-12-10 21:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by Bradygirl 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋