Blood pressure (BP) is the force with which the heart pumps blood to maintain regular blood flow through the body. This force exerts pressure on the walls of the blood vessels, primarily the arteries. A study published in 1995 recorded...

Blood pressure (BP) is the force with which the heart pumps blood to maintain regular blood flow through the body. This force exerts pressure on the walls of the blood vessels, primarily the arteries. A study published in 1995 recorded...

How is Blood pressure regulated? How do cardiac output and peripheral resistance fit into the equation? What are the negative effects of hypertension (high blood pressure). I explore these concepts and more in this video

A simple explainer video about high blood pressure, or hypertension, one of the most common long term conditions around the world. Many people do not know they have the condition. This is a problem because, despite causing few obvious...

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In this episode, Leslie first defines what blood pressure is and shows how it varies in the blood vessels throughout the body. He then shows what Mean Arterial Pressure is and goes into two different ways to calculate it.

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In this video, I explain what is mean arterial pressure [MAP]. I then do three example calculations and explain the clinical significance.

In this video, we cover hypertension. We're going to deal with things like Cardiac Output, peripheral resistance, stroke volume and heart rate, and talk about how those values are related to blood pressure. We also deal with the symptoms...

And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of...

You've probably been told that eating too much salt is bad for you, especially if you have high blood pressure. But what exactly does salt do to our bodies that can make it so hard on our hearts?

High blood pressure or hypertension can affect anyone...and what you don't know about it really can hurt you. Take our Everwell Challenge and see how you measure up.

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In this episode, Leslie explains what Net Hydrostatic pressure is and how to calculate it. He also shows how filtration pressure is determined by Net Hydrostatic Pressure and Osmotic pressure. Lastly, he shows how High Blood Pressure can...

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So what is homeostasis is a term first defined by Claude Bernard in 1865 it means maintaining a constant internal environment this is a bit like car brain works senses all around the body imaging various things and sending the...

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More than one in four adults in the UK have high blood pressure, with an increasing number of women being diagnosed with the condition. Many will have no noticeable symptoms, but if left untreated, high blood pressure can increase the...

What is Homeostasis? | Physiology | Biology | FuseSchool Homeostasis is a term first defined by Claude Bernard in 1865. It means maintaining a constant internal environment. Senses all around the body are measuring various things and...

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