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How does ice affect blood flow through capillaries and cytokines?
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∙ 16y ago
Applying cold therapy to a tissue injury, limits the inflammatory response by causing the blood vessels to constrict (vasoconstriction). This limits the blood flow to the injured site, moderating the release of the vasoactive substances and thus minimizes the pain and swelling in the afflicted area.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agowell if u have an injury and you put ice on it everybody knows that helps swelling down so.... the capillaries might be the swelling and the cytokines need the help of ice to keep reactions down.-from Kasey in collage.
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∙ 13y agoCauses the reverse affects of applying the cold compress, vasodilation while blood flow returns to normal. Cytokines return to normal as well following initial response.
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How does the removal of ice effect blood flow through the capillaries and the cytokines?
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Why does blood move faster through your capillaries?
Blood does not move faster through the capillaries. Blood flow is slowest in the capillaries.
What is the dangerous condition where cytokines are released unchecked making the capillaries very leaky thus depleting blood fluids?
septic shock or sepsis
What are Cell fragments that prevent blood from leaking through capillaries?
Platelets are cell fragments that prevent blood from leaking through capillaries
Why white blood cells pass through capillaries while red blood cells not?
Both red and white blood cells pass through the capillaries.
What factors affect the osmotic pressure in the blood capillaries?
Hmmm..
What passes through the thin walls of the capillaries?
Blood passes through the capillaries, which provide a passage way for the blood from the arteries to the veins. The tiny, thin walled capillaries also allow for the exchange of gases through the tissue. You can read more about capillaries at fi.edu
Red blood passes through the smallest what in single file?
The tiniest tubes that carry blood are the capillaries. These connect arteries and veins.
What is the body organ which oxygen passes through to capillaries?
The alveoli and capillaries in the lungs pass oxygen to the blood. Both have very thin walls, which allow the oxygen to pass from the alveoli to the blood. The capillaries then connect to larger blood vessels, called veins, which bring the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
Resistance to blood flow through blood vessels is a function of?
capillaries
Why does speed of blood flow in the capillaries change?
It is because the capillaries are conducting the gas exchange which will affect the rate of velocity
Where does the blood flow through?
Veins and artery's and Capillaries
