WordNet
n. the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
Usage examples of "arterial pressure".
There was also a large TV screen for basic operative parameters: electrocardiogram, peripheral arterial pressure, respirations, cardiac output, central venous pressure, rectal temperature.
Grace thought of offering to replace his thumb with her right hand for arterial pressure, then—.
Then the pressoreceptor reflex, a sympathetic reflex triggered by diminished arterial pressure, cut in, and in- 89 90LarrV Niven and Steven Barnes creased the efficacy of the unaffected heart muscle, giving Stonecypher respite from the immediate agony.
Then the pressoreceptor reflex, a sympathetic reflex triggered by diminished arterial pressure, cut in, and increased the efficacy of the unaffected heart muscle, giving Stonecypher respite from the immediate agony.
Spartacus would hardly have left such a vital arterial pressure point in a functioning condition.
It is found to produce a transient rise in arterial pressure, followed by a longer period of decreased vascular tension.
A moderate dose of veratrum produces a reduction in the rate of the pulse, with a fall in the arterial pressure.