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How would relaxing the smooth muscles in arteries affect blood pressure?
Blood pressure would decrease
Which of the following is not affected by muscles?
hair growth
Is blood pressure affected by Vegemite?
yes
Blood pressure is affected by constriction and dilation of?
Arteries and blood vessels.
Do muscles affect blood pressure?
When muscles are tensed, they can increase blood pressure. Fighter pilots take advantage of this by tensing their gut muscles to avoid blacking out at high-G conditions.
What happens if you flex your muscles during a blood pressure test?
It'll Increase your blood pressure because the blood is being rushed to the area where your flexing, which causes your blood pressure to rise.
How is blood pressure generated that forces blood to circulate throughout the body?
Blood pressure is generated by the heart. When the heart muscles contract, they create pressure to push blood around the circulatory system.
The circulation of blood through the vascular system is influenced by?
Blood flow can be affected by such factors as clots and blood pressure which are in turn affected by obesity and genetics.
How is blood pressure affected when you increase dilation?
Blood pressure drops as dilation increases. This occurs because of decrease resistance.
Which type of muscle constricts veins when blood pressure drops suddenly?
Smooth muscles constrict veins when blood pressure suddenly drops. These types of muscles are the non striated, involuntary muscles found in blood vessels, veins, arteries, the uterus, the bladder, and reproductive tracts.
What are the effects of massage on hypertonicity muscles?
Hypertonic muscles usually have trigger points that refer pain to another related area of the body. The treatment would include static pressure on the trigger points, sometimes called ischemic pressure, until they disperse and allow blood flow to return to the affected tissues. The overall affect would be to relax the muscles.
Are the kidneys affected by blood pressure?
I can tell you that high blood pressure, if it is not brought under control, can cause the kidneys to fail completely.
