2. Concepts 3 Material 9 Method 10 Results/Discussion 11 Conclusion 17 20 Questions

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7. Perfusion Pressure (PP) Mean Pressure (MP) Resistance (R) Intraocular Pressure (IOP) PP = MP - RPP = MP - IOP PREVIOUS

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11. Graphic relative to systolic blood pressure.

12. Graphic relative to diastolic blood pressure.

13. Graphic relative to mean blood pressure.

14. Graphic relative to intraocular blood pressure.

15. Graphic relative to mean perfusion pressure.

16. Idea of the mechanisms behind the working way of several of our main systems and a good introduction to the eye and nervous system’s physiology. Another goal of our project was to give us an idea of the way to acquire and to properly work with biological signs. This is specially important since we realized it is sometimes hard to analyze data due to the lack of signal, problems with the software and/or hardware or even a slight movement of the patient, which can all generate inconclusive data in our case, for example. Opportunity to appreciate one of the many possible areas of interest of our degree and ended up having a clarifying experience about that.

17. At the end of our work we have some topics to meditate on, like: 1.Having ended up with some results that differ from the gathered data of some other studies. 2.Although these results vary, the main goal of the research ended up as expected and as supported by other recognized studies.

18. After this, we hope our project can combine with others and be helpful for the institution we have been working with and, more important than that, for us, THE PEOPLE.

19. Fontes Prof. Carlos Marques NevesProf. Isabel Rocha http://images.google.pt/imghp?hl=pt-PT&tab=wi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbcBoMO8iI&&feature=related Task Force ® Monitor PASCAL ® Dynamic Contour Tonometer GraphPad InStat Experimental Physiology 92.4 pp 677-686