Hydrostatic
Hydrostatic pressure is directly proportional to
What are the density of the fluid, the height of the fluid, and gravity?
("What are density, height, and gravity?" also an acceptable answer)
A pressure gradient is necessary to maintain _____ _____ in the body.
What is blood flow?
Erect patient blood pressure readings are falsely elevated if taken near the
What is the ankle?
Which vascular system in the human body is most affected by hydrostatic pressure?
What is the venous system?
The pressure gradient is proportional to
What are the flow (Q) and resistance (R)?
Which portion of the heart sustains the highest pressure?
What is the left ventricle?
By referencing the hydrostatic pressure to the ______ the central pressure of a patient does not need to be corrected by the hydrostatic pressure differences for different height patients.
What is the right atrium of the heart?
Pressure at a stenosis is less than immediately before or after stenosis (pressure energy converts into kinetic energy) is known as the
What is Bernoulli's principle?
What form of respiration increases pressure in the abdomen and causes the venous flow in the legs to decrease?
What is inspiration?