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QUESTION 32--Sounds like a fancy word, but a sphygmomanometer simply measures what?
Correct Incorrect Also called a blood pressure monitor, a sphygmomanometer measures – you guessed it! – blood pressure. The cuff inflates and then slowly collapses, releasing the artery and measuring its pressure and blood flow using a mercury or mechanical manometer.