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Human Physiology
The blood vessels and blood pressure
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Physiology
Undergraduate 2
04/29/2013

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compliance
Definition
the ability of a blood vessel, or hollow organ, to increase its volume or distend without increasing the pressure exerted on its contents
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total peripheral resistance
Definition
the sum of all systemic vascular resistance
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vascular tone
Definition
the amount of constriction of a vessel relative to its fully dialated state
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hyperemia
Definition
an increase in blood flow to an area of the body
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edema
Definition
swelling of fluid in the body tissue
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baroreceptor
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pressure receptors in the vasculature, act to reverse the effects of an increase in blood pressure
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Korotkoff sounds
Definition
the sounds heard when taking blood pressure
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