Question

We tell a person has a high blood pressure when the diastolic pressure is ____________

(a) More than 140 mm Hg

(b) More than 90 mm Hg

(c) More than 110 mm Hg

(d) More than 200 mm Hg

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Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) More than 90 mm Hg

Easiest explanation: A person is told to have a higher blood pressure when the diastolic blood pressure is higher than 90 mmHg and the systolic blood pressure is higher than 140 mmHg. Diastolic is the measure of the force of the blood on the artery walls when the ventricles squeeze the blood so that it can go to our different body parts.