BIO A sphygmomanometer is a device used to measure blood pressure, typically consist- ing of an inflatable cuff and a manometer used to measure air pressure in the cuff. In a mercury sphyg- momanometer, blood pressure is related to the difference in heights between two columns of mercury. The mercury sphygmomanometer shown in Figure P9.15 contains air at the cuff pressure P. The difference in mer- cury heights between the left tube and the right tube is h = 115 mmHg = 0.115 m, a normal systolic reading. What is the gauge systolic blood pressure Pgauge in pascals? The density of mercury is p = 13.6 × 10* kg/m³ and the ambient pressure is P, = 1.01 × 10* Pa. Po Figure P9.15

BIO A sphygmomanometer is a device used to measure blood pressure, typically consist- ing of an inflatable cuff and a manometer used to measure air pressure in the cuff. In a mercury sphyg- momanometer, blood pressure is related to the difference in heights between two columns of mercury. The mercury sphygmomanometer shown in Figure P9.15 contains air at the cuff pressure P. The difference in mer- cury heights between the left tube and the right tube is h = 115 mmHg = 0.115 m, a normal systolic reading. What is the gauge systolic blood pressure Pgauge in pascals? The density of mercury is p = 13.6 × 10* kg/m³ and the ambient pressure is P, = 1.01 × 10* Pa. Po Figure P9.15

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