Average systolic pressure = 101 mmHg
Average diastolic pressure = 77 mmHg
Average mean pressure = 87 mmHg
Heart rate = 480 beats per minute
Average systolic pressure = 125 mmHg
Average diastolic pressure = 90 mmHg
Average mean pressure = 111 mmHg
Heart rate = 580 beats per minute
Rodents at night are much more active - to search for food, to escape
predators, and to generate heat. As a result, their blood pressures are
much higher.
(The code for this applet is heavily based on the Graph Package created by Leigh Brookshaw (c)1996 used under the terms of the GNU General Public License)
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