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The immediate response to blood vessel injury is
-bleeding (external)
-swelling/bruising (internal)
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When a blood vessel is broken what is the body's first response?
Hemostasis is the name of the response to broken blood vessels. This response occurs when blood ruptures or leaks out of the body's vessels. The body reacts with a vascular plugging effect that clogs the leakage of the blood vessel.
When a blood vessel is broken what is the first body response?
Hemostasis is the name of the response to broken blood vessels. This response occurs when blood ruptures or leaks out of the body's vessels. The body reacts with a vascular plugging effect that clogs the leakage of the blood vessel.
What is the first response in a blood vessel injury?
Vascular spasm
What are blood vessel spasms stimulated by?
Cutting or breaking a blood vessel stimulates the smooth muscles in its wall to contract. This response
What causes hyphema?
Hyphema is caused by blunt, projectile, or explosion (about 4% of cases) injuries. These injuries cause a local blood vessel in the eye to tear, filling the front portion of the AC with blood.
What is the Sealing of a ruptured blood vessel called?
Coagulation if you are referring to the bodies natural response.
What is local myogenic spasm?
Muscle Spasm, this would be referring to when a blood vessel is broken, the response to fix it would be vasoconstriction. A myogenic spasm would aid in the loss of blood by briefly constricting the muscle where the broken blood vessel is located.
Which action below is affected by an antihistamine a. blood vessel dilation b. phatocytosis of antigens c. MHC presentation by macrophages d. the secondary immune response e. colonal selection of ant?
A. Blood Vessel Dilation
What is the most immediate response to a high level of blood sugar in a human increase?
The release of insulin
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.
