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What is the definition of the decrease in the amount of blood flow to a section of the heart?
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How would relaxing the smooth muscles in arteries affect blood pressure?
Blood pressure would decrease
How uric acid decrease?
If you need to decrease the uric acid in your blood, that is done by eating less protein. Uric acid is a byproduct of protein digestion.
Is an incompetent valve one that fails to prevent the backflow of blood?
Yes, an incompetent valve is "leay" and fails to prevent the backflow of blood. an incomp valve may tend to decrease blood flow
Which chemical reduces oxygen in the blood causing a difference between the amount of oxygen the cells need and the amount of oxygen the blood can supply?
carbon monoxide.
Why would the pumping efficiency of the heart decrease?
Some reasons could be * Age * High Cholesterol in blood * Blockages in the blood vessels * Heart diseases * etc..
Would Decreasing the amount of water in the blood affect blood pressure?
Blood pressure would decrease
How would decreasing the amount of water in blood affect the blood pressure?
Blood pressure would decrease
What would the increase of insulin result to?
a decrease in the amount of glucose in the blood
Why does the amount of oxygen in the blood decrease when sleeping?
Indirectly, the amount of oxygen decreases because your breathing rate declines.
Increased blood pressure would decrease the amount of fluid leaving the capillaries?
False, would increase the amount of fluid leaving the capillaries.
Why is Vasculitis bad?
When the blood vessels become inflamed, scarring, thickening of the vessel walls, and narrowing of the vessel caliber decrease the amount of blood flow
Why would eating a fatty protein rich snack while drinking alcohol decrease the amount of alcohol absorbed into the blood?
If your stomach only has alcohol in it, the alcohol will very quickly go into your blood system. With greasy foods, the concentration of alcohol in your stomach is going to be no where near as high. I hope I helped :)
How would relaxing the smooth muscles in arteries affect blood pressure?
Blood pressure would decrease
In which part of the human circulatory system does the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood decrease and oxygen increase?
In the capillaries surrounding the alveoli.
Why does a decrease in the amount of sodium in the distal convoluted tubule lead to an increase in blood pressure?
Because this leads to an increase in renin production
Why are antihypertensive drugs used sparingly in cases of preeclampsia and eclampsia?
Lowering the mother's blood pressure will decrease the amount of blood reaching the fetus. This places the fetus at risk for oxygen deprivation.
How smoking effect hemoglobin ratio?
It decreases the amount of Red blood cells that can transport O2 because smoking decrease the hemoglobin activity.
