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Blood pressure was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
July 9, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
December 23, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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B.P. in dogs & cats

The systolic pressure values for dogs and cats is listed as "between 150 and 150 mmHg". I don't have the actual values, but this seems to be wrong.

Physiology picture Blood Pressure Blood Flow

The picture showing high blood pressure in a narrow artery illustrates incorrect physics. The faster fluid flow though a narrow artery would result in a lower pressure "in the artery", not a higher one as depicted. Relabeling to show a different pressure at the entrance, nor the exit, to the artery would correct the error.