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What causes vaodilation?
Corticotrpin is the harmone which increases vasodilation in our body. alcohol causes vasodilation
What reduces cardiac afterload?
vasodilation, anemia, cirrhosis, shock states (results in massive vasodilation)
How do you describe a vasodilation mean?
Vasodilation means the widening of blood vessels that results from relaxation of the muscular walls of the vessels.
What promotes vasodilation?
Nitric Oxide
What are the symptoms of vasodilation?
Vasodilation is the widening of the blood vessels. The common symptoms are low blood pressure, dizziness, flushing, and light headedness.
The redness and heat of an inflamed area are due to a local hyperemia caused by?
chemicals released by the injured tissue cells and leukocytes cause the VASODILATION of the arterioles in the injured area and cause the local hyperemia to form accounting for the redness and heat.
Is there a difference between vasodilation and vasodilatation?
None.'Vasodilatation' is technically the correct term for increase in diameter of lumen of blood vessels.In fact, there is no such term as 'vasodilation', but it is a very common mistake that people use the term 'vasodilation' instead of 'vasodilatation'.
Does cold have a vasodilation effect?
No, it has a vasoconstricting effect.
What is the medical term for expansion of a vein?
Vasodilation
What is the process of increasing the daimeter of small arteries?
Vasodilation
Does sympathetic stimulation cause vasodilation of which arterioles?
Sympathetic stimulation causes vasoconstriction of most arterioles in the body, except for arterioles in skeletal muscle and the heart where it causes vasodilation.
What is the act of vasodilation?
The act of vasodilation is the widening of blood vessels when the walls of blood vessels relax. The purpose is to increase blood flow to areas of the body that are in need of oxygen.
