what is blood pressure?
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The way that your cells get the oxygen and nutrients they need to survive is through oxygenated blood. Your body is full of arteries, veins, and smaller blood vessels. Your heart contracts 50-200 times per minute to pump oxygenated blood throughout your circulatory system.
Your blood pressure is the pressure of the blood in your arteries. The higher number is the systolic pressure, and that’s how much pressure there is while your heart is pumping. The lower number is the diastolic pressure, and that’s how much pressure there is between beats.
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