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High blood pressure is blood pressure higher than 14090 mmHg Blood pressure and prehypertension is blood pressure between 12080 and 13989 mmHg High blood pressure is dangerous because it make. Research shows that high blood pressure can be prevented and loweredby following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension DASH eating plan which includes eating less salt and sodium High blood pressure which is blood pressure higher than 14090 mm Blood pressure normally rises and falls throughout the day but it can cause health problems if it stays high for a long time High blood pressure can lead to heart disease and strokeleading causes of death in the United States Are you at risk One in This can lead to stroke heart attack heart failure or kidney failure Two numbers represent blood pressure The higher systolic number shows the pressure while the heart is beating The lower diastolic number shows the pressure when the heart is restin The donor shall be in good health mentally alert and phy sically fit and shall not be inmates of jail persons having multiple sex partners and drug addicts The donors shall fulfill the following requirements namely a The donor shall be in the age g Jen Pluznick. Dept. Physiology, Johns . Hopkins . Univ. School of Medicine. Novel . Sensory Receptors in ‘Non-. Sensory’ tissues. Taste receptors and olfactory receptors play important roles in: . Chapter 8. Blood Spatter . #1…it’s not “. splatter. ”! . . Properties of blood affect pattern:. Fairly . high surface . tension (cohesion). Very . viscous. Sticky-adheres . to external . surface (adhesion). “River of life”. Transports everything that must be carried from one place to another within the body:. Nutrients. Wastes. Heat. Composition of Blood. Blood cells or formed elements:. Red blood cells – transports oxygen. Class Starter: . What are the different blood types that exist?. What determines what type of blood you have?. Why can you die if you were to receive an incompatible blood type?. What determines the different blood groups?. Blood pressure (BP) . is the pressure or tension exerted on the arterial walls as blood pulsates through them (principal vital sign). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) . – pressure exerted on the arteries during the contraction phase of the heartbeat. . Arteries. Veins. M.A.Kubtan SPU. 2. Objectives. Objectives. After studying this chapter, you will be able to. Name the parts of the blood system and discuss the function of each part. Define combining forms used in building words that relate to the blood system. count). Experiment:. Introduction. :. A . complete blood count.  (. CBC. ) is a test  that gives information about the cells in a patient's blood. . Important. .  To understand this test, it is important to know that the blood generally consists . CREATININE. CLEARANCE. URIC ACID. Mohammed Al-Zubaidi, PhD. Laboratory Training. Introduction. The kidneys are two bean shaped . organs lying . retroperitoneally. on each side . of the . vertebral column slightly above . Introduction. Blood—made up of plasma and formed elements. Blood—complex transport medium that performs vital pickup and delivery services for the body. Blood—keystone of body’s heat-regulating mechanism. What is the Clinical . L. aboratory?. Department of the hospital where blood and other body specimens are processed for testing. Routine wellness testing. Urinalysis . Screening for diseases. Cardiac Risk Profile.