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American Heart Association

Aha: Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from the American Heart Association entitled "Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home." Discusses AHA recommendations on choosing a monitoring device and how to use it properly. It also provides a blood pressure chart and links to...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Blood Pressure Works?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they'd be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body's tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Low Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents low blood pressure as a common side effect of pregnancy, some medications, and other circumstances, but as an indication of a potential problem if associated with a provided list of warning signs and symptoms.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: What Is Blood Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson students measure their own blood pressure and learn about the health effects of high blood pressure.
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US Food and Drug Administration

U.s. Food and Drug Administration: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
Focuses on the basics of the disease high blood pressure (hypertension) such as risk factors, signs, effects, and control; specifically in women.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines high blood pressure or hypertension, what it is, how it is diagnosed, factors that affect blood pressure, types of hypertension, risk factors, complications from high blood pressure, how it can be treated, and prevention...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Conditions: High Blood Pressure or Hypertension

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why high blood pressure is dangerous to your heart and overall health. Learn why and how high blood pressure damages the heart and who is at risk for high blood pressure. Information on treatment and prevention includes a link...
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Other

Story md.com: Hypertension: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
High blood pressure (hypertension) doesn't have any initial symptoms but could cause health-related problems later. Find out what you can do to control it.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This article presents information about high blood pressure. The article is medium size in length, provides great information on the subject, and has two charts that relate to the subject.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: High Blood Pressure: Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides great information blood pressure and how to monitor it at home. The topics that are covered in this article include: why should I measure my blood pressure at home and keep a record of it, what equipment do I need...
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WebMD

Web Md: Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMD Health provides great information on blood pressure. The basic overview discusses what blood pressure is, shows a picture of it, gives a chart to mark it, and includes several links for additional information.
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American Heart Association

Aha: High Blood Pressure in Children

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Heart Association provides a general overview of the health affects of high blood pressure in children. Contains links to related sites.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.25 Blood Pressure

For Students 5th - 9th
Take a look at blood pressure in the human body.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Pressure Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study how heart valves work and investigate how valves that become faulty over time can be replaced with advancements in engineering and technology. Learning about the flow of blood through the heart, students are able to fully...
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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona: High Blood Pressure [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice fact sheet on blood pressure is presented on this site. Read about what exactly blood pressure is, what causes high blood pressure, people who are most likely at risk to develop high blood pressure, what can happen if high blood...
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Other

Heart Point: Regulation of Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information concerning blood pressure, including primary and secondary causes of high blood pressure and methods used to treat it.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of hypertension. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Salt and Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why Files have provided information regarding the pros and cons of salt in relation to blood pressure.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter looks at the definitions of gauge pressure and absolute pressure, and how barometers work. It also discusses how blood pressure is measured. Includes...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Fluid Statics: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the concept of pressure in the human body; explain systolic and diastolic blood pressures; and describe pressures in the eye, lungs, spinal column, bladder, and skeletal system.
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WebMD

Web Md: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from WebMD Health provides information on high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension. Provides a good overview of the problem, then goes into some frequently asked questions, causes, symptoms, risks, treatment and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Renal Regulation of Blood Pressure Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz about renal regulation of blood pressure.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ace Inhibitors and the Renal Regulation of Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by reading a passage about ACE inhibitors and the renal regulation of blood pressure and answer the follow-up questions based on the provided graph.

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