RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Rabbit, rabbit. Some of you may have said that first thing this morning. And for those still slowly rising - get to it, it could bring you good luck all month long. Saying rabbit, rabbit on the first of the month is supposed to be a harbinger of good fortune.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is a term used in medicine to describe an average blood pressure in an individual. It is defined as the average arterial pressure during a single cardiac cycle.
The classic definition by Spencer and Denison of compliance (C) is the change in arterial blood volume (Î´V) due to a given change in arterial blood pressure (Î´P). So, C = Î´V/Î´P. Arterial compliance is an index of the elasticity of large arteries such as the thoracic aorta.