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IRISSAK [1]
3 years ago
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11. What is systolic pressure?

Biology
2 answers:
yanalaym [24]3 years ago
7 0
It's is the amount of pressure in your arteries during contraction..
Romashka-Z-Leto [24]3 years ago
5 0
When you take blood pressure, it is expressed in a fraction. The top number of that fraction is systolic pressure- the amount of pressure in your arteries during contraction of your heart muscle... I hope this helped! :)
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