Terms Related to Blood Pressure Monitor

• Sphygmomanometer

  Instruments for measuring arterial blood pressure consisting of an inflatable cuff, inflating bulb, and a gauge showing the blood pressure. (Stedman, 26th ed)

• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

  Method in which prolonged blood pressure readings are made while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. It allows quantitative analysis of the high blood pressure …

• High Blood Pressure

  Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Currently accepted threshold levels are 140 mm Hg systolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic pressure.

• Baroreceptor Reflex

  A negative feedback system which buffers short-term changes in blood pressure. Increased pressure stretches blood vessels which activates PRESSORECEPTORS (baroreceptors) in the vessel walls. The …

• Blood Pressure Determination

  Techniques for measuring blood pressure.

• Baroreflex

  A negative feedback system which buffers short-term changes in blood pressure. Increased pressure stretches blood vessels which activates PRESSORECEPTORS (baroreceptors) in the vessel walls. The …

• Venous Blood Pressure

  The blood pressure in a vein. It is usually measured to assess the filling pressure to the ventricle.