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What causes vaodilation?
Corticotrpin is the harmone which increases vasodilation in our body. alcohol causes vasodilation
Does sympathetic activity cause vasodilation?
No, sympathetic activity typically causes vasoconstriction, not vasodilation.
What reduces cardiac afterload?
vasodilation, anemia, cirrhosis, shock states (results in massive vasodilation)
Which changes in paracrines cause vasodilation?
Changes in paracrines, such as an increase in nitric oxide or prostacyclin release, can cause vasodilation by relaxing the smooth muscle in blood vessel walls and increasing blood flow. These molecules act locally to dilate blood vessels in response to certain stimuli like exercise or inflammation.
How do you describe a vasodilation mean?
Vasodilation means the widening of blood vessels that results from relaxation of the muscular walls of the vessels.
When is vasodilation bad?
Never. Unless you're bleeding, but if you're bleeding the body will undergo vasoconstriction not vasodilation so the answer is never.
What promotes vasodilation?
Nitric Oxide
What are the symptoms of vasodilation?
Vasodilation is the widening of the blood vessels. The common symptoms are low blood pressure, dizziness, flushing, and light headedness.
The redness and heat of an inflamed area are due to a local hyperemia caused by?
chemicals released by the injured tissue cells and leukocytes cause the VASODILATION of the arterioles in the injured area and cause the local hyperemia to form accounting for the redness and heat.
Is there a difference between vasodilation and vasodilatation?
None.'Vasodilatation' is technically the correct term for increase in diameter of lumen of blood vessels.In fact, there is no such term as 'vasodilation', but it is a very common mistake that people use the term 'vasodilation' instead of 'vasodilatation'.
What is the medical term for expansion of a vein?
Vasodilation
Does cold have a vasodilation effect?
No, it has a vasoconstricting effect.
