during the blood pressure lab, five minutes of time elapses between positional changes before blood pressure is measured. if blood pressure was measured immediately after the patient went from a sitting to a standing position a decrease in pressure would have been measured instead of the increase seen after a few minutes. why do you think blood pressure would decrease immediately upon standing?

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Blood pressure would decrease immediately upon standing because there's less blood flowing back to the heart.What is the Heart?This is referred to as the central organ of the circulatory system and it is responsible for the pumping of blood to parts of the body. They are made up of blood vessels such as veins , capillaries etc which ensure adequate distribution of the oxygen and nutrients.The blood pressure of the heart is greater when sitting than when standing as a result of the shorter distance involved which is responsible for the high flow of blood to the heart.On the other hand , the blood pressure while standing would decrease because there's less blood flowing back to the heart which is therefore why it was chosen as the correct choice.Read more about Blood pressure here https://brainly.com/question/25149738#SPJ1