Which of the following statements is true about blood pressure?
A. High blood pressure protects both the heart and the blood vessels.
B. The condition in which blood pressure is consistently elevated over repeated readings on different days is called hypotension.
C. Blood pressure is the force with which the blood pushes against the walls of the arteries.
D. If blood pressure is continuously high, the heart is not working as hard as it should.
Answer: C
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