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QUESTION 12--The medical terms "systolic" and "diastolic" are related to what?
Correct Incorrect Blood pressure is read as a fraction, with the top number indicating the amount of pressure in the arteries as the heart muscle contracts and the bottom number indicating blood pressure when the heart is between beats. These numbers represent systolic and diastolic pressures, respectively.