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When a blood vessel gets damaged contractions of smooth muscle referred to as help constrict the vessels to reduce blood flow?
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∙ 10y ago
This is called myosin-regulated contraction. The entire muscle acts as a draw-string and constricts the vessel and slows blood flow.
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What vessels cant constrict and dilate?
Capillaries
Do blood vessels constrict when heat is applied to the skin?
Yes
Do blood vessels constrict or expand when a person overheats?
yes
What nervous system signals blood vessels to constrict?
The Sympathetic
Does blood vessels constrict in actively contracting muscles?
no
Does albumin repair damaged vessels?
Albumin does not repair damaged vessels, though it is often given to people who have damaged vessels because it helps to keep the fluids inside the vessels from leaking out.
What make blood vessels constrict and dilate?
Nothing, blood vessels are nothing because they wont harm you or anything like that.
What chemical cause blood vessels to constrict?
Two examples are histamines and amphetamines.
What is the effect of histamine on small as well as large blood vessels?
Histamine causes the dilation of the small blood vessels while constrict the large blood vessels.
What happens when blood vessels constrict?
The temperature of the body decreasesThe blood pressure lowers with individual variations on the the systolic and diastolic measures. Also, the body temperature is modified. There is a difference between dilatation of large vessels like arteries and peripheral circulation which is constituted of small blood vessels or capillaries. (also in the brain)
How are blood pressure and barometric pressure associated?
blood vessels constrict according to barometric pressure
What medication causes blood vessels to narrow?
epinepherine will constrict tiny blood vessels.
