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Cutting or breaking a blood vessel stimulates the smooth muscles in its wall to contract. This response
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoWhen you cut or break a blood vessel, it stimulates the smooth muscles causing a vasos
pasm.
This helps with blood loss.
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What is the medical term meaning expansion of a blood vessel?
Dilation of a blood vessel is the term for physiologic widening of the vessel. Abnormal widening of the blood vessel through a weakening of the wall is known as aneurysm.Dilation of a blood vessel means widening of the vessel.
What is the function of the ventral blood vessel of a worm?
Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm Blood vessel on the bottom of a worm
What is the effector for blood vessel constriction?
Damage to the blood vessel.
Is the left atrium a blood vessel?
Yes it is a Blood Vessel
What blood vessel carry blood vessel?
The pulmonary artery, because it's the only vessel that oxygenates blood to the lungs.
From what blood vessel does the blood that flows through the grafted blood vessel come?
Aorta
If you rupture a blood vessel can you die?
Yes. It depends on the blood vessel and where it is, but yes a rupture to a blood vessel can kill you. A blood vessel is more likely to "pop" or rupture if it has an aneurysm, which is a local weakness where the blood vessel has stretched from the pressure of the blood. This is more likely to result in death if it is in a large blood vessel or in a critical location, such as the aorta or a vessel in the brain.
Is a blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart an afferent or efferent blood vessel?
efferent
What organs are stimulated during cpr?
The heart and lungs are stimulated to keep you breathing and your blood circulating.
A stroke is a rupture of a blood vessel in the?
A stroke is a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
Is the dorsal blood vessel different from the ventral blood vessel in an earthworm?
yes.
What does the dorsal blood vessel do in an earth worm?
the main blood vessel in the body
