Blood Pressure (BP)

Contraction of the ventricles generates BP
BP is determined by CO, blood volume, and vascular resistance
The higher the BP, the greater the blood flow

Starling’s Law of the Capillaries:
Under normal conditions, the volume of fluid and solutes reabsorbed is almost as large as the volume filtered
NFP = (BHP + IFOP) – (BCOP+ IFHP)

Factors Affecting Blood Flow
Blood flow is the volume of blood that flows through any tissue in a given time period (in mL/min)
Total blood flow is cardiac output (CO), the volume of blood that circulates through systemic (or pulmonary) blood vessels each minute
CO = heart rate (HR) × stroke volume (SV)
CO = mean arterial pressure (MAP) ÷ resistance (R)