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what % of men and women in Scotland have hypertension what % of the world has hypertension |
33% men 28% women 26.4% of worldwide adult population |
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what are the 3 layers of the arterial structure |
tunica interna tunica media tunica externa |
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what is part of the tunica interna |
endothelium basement membrane and internal elastic lamina |
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what is part of the tunica media |
smooth muscle internal elastic lamina |
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what is part of the tunica externa |
the adventitial layer |
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what is the relationship between flow and length in blood vessels |
Flow is linearly proportional to length (F=1/length) |
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what is the relationship between flow and radius |
F=r^4 |
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primary hypertension is multifactorial in how it is caused, list the 3 main headings of how it is caused |
I Polygenic -(Genetic) II Environmental -(Dietary, Social influences) III Structural Factors -(Vascular remodelling) |
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in vascular remodelling what are the 3 terms for increasing diameter of the vessels |
inward compensated outward |
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in vascular remodelling what are the 3 terms for increasing lumen size of the vessels |
hypotrophic eutrophic and hypertrophic |
