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vasoconstriction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | constriction |
Examples of vasoconstriction
vasoconstriction
Binding to alpha-1 receptors results in systemic arterial vasoconstriction.
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Afrin, a.k.a. oxymetazoline, is an alpha adrenergic agonist that induces vasoconstriction.
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Again, this cycle starts in the excitement phase with vasoconstriction.
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What about people with diseases that cause vasoconstriction or dialation?
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Their cited risks are entanglement, infection, and vasoconstriction.
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Vasoconstriction both reduces heat loss through the skin and causes the person to feel cold.
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Vasodilation and vasoconstriction are also used antagonistically as methods of thermoregulation.
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Vasoconstriction and fluid retention produce an increased hydrostatic pressure in the capillaries.
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As older people's physiological functions decline and their skin ages, their vasoconstriction becomes poor.
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- Decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
- (vasoconstrictor) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
- Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, particularly the large arteries, small arterioles and veins. The process is the opposite of vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels. ...
- Constriction of a blood vessel
- (Vasoconstrictor) The Doctor tells Kes to get him a vasoconstrictor to treat Torres's headache. (The Swarm)
- (vasoconstrictor) an agent (as a sympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasoconstriction. esp. epinephrine
- Supranormal value of SSVRI (excessive afterload); therapy involves administration of vasodilators or ACE (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme) Inhibitors.
- Reduction of the inner diameter of vessels, especially constriction of arterioles, leading to decreased blood flow to a part.
- Narrowing of the small arteries (pop)
