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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Blood Pressure Works?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they'd be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body's tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines high blood pressure or hypertension, what it is, how it is diagnosed, factors that affect blood pressure, types of hypertension, risk factors, complications from high blood pressure, how it can be treated, and prevention...
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WebMD

Web Md: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from WebMD Health provides information on high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension. Provides a good overview of the problem, then goes into some frequently asked questions, causes, symptoms, risks, treatment and...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter looks at the definitions of gauge pressure and absolute pressure, and how barometers work. It also discusses how blood pressure is measured. Includes...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
From MedlinePlus, a video tutorial featuring information on blood pressure with accompanying text.