Chapter 19.2, Problem 11SR

Summary Introduction

To match: Each lettered term with the most closely related description of “peripheral vasodilation”.

Introduction: Excessive volume of blood triggers a response through their effects on the heart walls. When these walls of the heart are stretched abnormally during diastole, the natriuretic peptides are released by the cells of the cardiac muscles. The excretion of sodium in urine is referred to as natriuresis.