Blood Pressure: What Do Those Two Numbers Actually Mean?
Inside the Force That Keeps Blood Moving and Damages Arteries When It Stays Too High
Every time your heart beats, it pushes blood through thousands of miles of vessels.
That pressure is essential. Without it, oxygen and nutrients would never reach your brain, muscles, kidneys, or other organs.
But when blood pressure remains elevated for years, the same force that keeps you alive can gradually damage the cardiovascular system.
In Episode 4 of Inside Your Biology, we investigate what blood pressure actually measures and how the body controls it from moment to moment.
What do the systolic and…
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