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What constricts the blood vessels and deprives the body of oxygen?
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nicotine
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Why does hyperbaric oxygen therapy raise blood pressure?
Yes. Oxygen is considered a drug and can raise both blood preasure and heart rate.
What in tobacco constricts blood vessels?
Nicotine is the blood vessels' constrictor. Not all blood vessels, of course, but mainly the peripheral blood vessels, including the brain capillary blood vessels.
Does alchol make you warmer?
No, it actually constricts the blood vessels
What helps decrease blood loss and which constricts the vessels?
IV
Why does smoking make you colder?
The nicotine constricts the blood vessels, reducing bloodflow (and therefore oxygen) to the extremities: less bloodflow=less warmth. This is also why smoking cigarettes is BAD for the cardiovascular system: constricts vessels which raises blood pressure causes enlargement of the heart and contibutes to hardening of the arteries.
How might a pregnant woman's use of nicotine affect her child?
Nicotine constricts blood vessels and thus reduces blood flow with oxygen and nutrients to placenta and fetus.
How does smoking affect your brain?
Sometimes it can make you see things that are not there like flying pigs. Smoking constricts blood vessels, your brain would be getting less blood and oxygen.
Does ice shrink body piercings?
its helps swelling because it constricts blood vessels in the area and "shrink".
What chemical constricts blood vessels until clotting occurs?
antidepressants and smoking
What does pnuemonia prevent?
This prevents the lungs from taking in sufficient oxygen, which deprives the blood and the rest of the body's tissues of oxygen.
Does coronary vessels have both parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation?
Yes. Sympathetic nerve stimulation dilates the blood vessels. Parasympathetic nerve stimulation constricts the blood vessels. The sympathetic nerve stimulation effect is more pronounced.
How does smoking affect your arms legs and cardiovascularly?
Smoking constricts blood vessels and so decreases the flow of blood ot the arms and legs.
