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GK QUESTION#3779

The pressure exerted by blood on the walls of arteries when the ventricles contract is called _____.

  1. ADiastolic pressure
  2. BArterial pressure
  3. CSystolic pressureCorrect answer
  4. DCapillary tension
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C. Systolic pressure

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Systolic pressure is the arterial pressure during ventricular contraction. It is the upper number in a conventional blood-pressure measurement and is not a fixed universal value.

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