Blood flow distribution changes significantly with exertion. Where does blood flow primarily increase?

Q: State how changes in body position (changing from standing to reclining or from reclining to…

A: The circulatory system is one of the major systems of the human body. The circulatory system…

Q: How are blood flow and the pressure gradient related? How are blood flow and resistance related?

A: Blood can be defined as the body fluid that is present in humans and other animals and it play the…

Q: What is the function of the smooth muscle in the arterial wall?

A: The arteries are the blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of…

Q: Differentiate between Pressure and Resistance?

A: Blood flows through the blood vessels like arteries, veins and capillaries due to the pressure…

Q: Explain the factors that regulate the volume of blood flow.

A: Blood is the significant fluid circulating in our body. It has numerous functions inside the body as…

Q: when is erythropoietin release stimulated?

A: Erythropoietin is a hormone produced predominantly by the kidneys. The liver also produces roughly…

Q: Why does increasing EDV increase contractility?

A: The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the…

Q: How does the increase and subsequent return to baseline in blood pressure and pulse rate…

A: The objective of this question is to understand the difference in the response of blood pressure and…

Q: What factors determine local blood flow during exercise?

A: Blood flow can be defined as the process of the flow of the blood in the body. The factors which…

Q: What factors enhance venous return during exercise?

A: Venous return refers to the flow of blood from the periphery to the right atrium of the heart…

Q: How can arterial pressure be increased?

A: The arterial pressure can be defined as the pressure which is exerted by the blood in the large…

Q: How would “hardening of the arteries” (arteriosclerosis) affect blood pressure? Why?

A: Introduction: Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are often used interchangeably. They both refer…

Q: Explain how nervous and hormonal mechanisms control blood flow.

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Q: When Joe exercises, his cardiac output doubles.  Before exercise, his heart rate is 60 beats/min.…

A: Heart is an important organ which pumps oxygenated blood to different parts of the body.  Cardiac…

Q: What happens to systemic blood pressure when the smooth muscle of muscular atries contract?

A: Blood vessels : Blood capillaries are artery ,vein , capillaries are made by three layers - Tunica…

Q: Which determinant of resistance is varied physiologically to alterblood flow?

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Q: Write the formula relating flow through an organ to mean arterialpressure and to the resistance to…

A: The average arterial pressure present throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole which is…

Q: What happens to (systemic) blood pressure when the smooth muscles in the muscular arteries become…

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Q: What is the force driving venous return?

A: * Veins are blood vessels which return blood to the heart. * The pressure in these veins is the…

Q: Describe the conditions at the sarcolemma of cardiac muscle cells at rest.

A: They are connected by intercalated discs. These are striated fibres with a single nuclei. Sarcolemma…

Q: How does blood pressure compare with the interstitial fluid pressure in arterial capillaries? With…

A: Venous Capillaries : It is one of the minute that convey blood from a capillary network into the…

Q: Is the blood in motion or not in motion after an activity?

A: Our blood is carried to different organs by the arteries continuously. The heart pumps the blood…

Q: Which vessel contains the highest concentration of amino acids and glucose , soon after the meal?

A: Nutrients are essential for the proper functioning of the body. These essential elements are usually…

Q: What happens to blood flow during exercise? What is functional sympatholysis?

A: Blood flow refers to the continuous movement of blood across a specific vessel in the cardiovascular…

Q: Define syncytiotrophoblast

A: Cell is the fundamental membrane- bound unit that contains the basic particles of life and of which…

Q: What is meant by autoregulation of blood flow and what is the mechanism involved

A: autoregulation of blood flow is regulated by neuro hormonal factors, physical pressure, endothelial…

Q: Why does blood pressure increase during exercise?

A: Blood flow is the movement of blood through a vessel, tissue or organ. This happens when the…