A Patient Recently Diagnosed with Hypertension Asks the Nurse, "What

A patient recently diagnosed with hypertension asks the nurse, "What did it mean when the doctor told me I have peripheral resistance?" The nurse's best response is:

A) "I will ask the doctor to come back and explain it to you."
B) "The friction that the blood encounters in the arteries is called peripheral resistance."
C) "The resistance in the veins of your arms and legs is called peripheral resistance."
D) "It is the resistance on the heart by the pulmonary artery."