Baroreceptors (or archaically, pressoreceptors) are sensors located in the carotid sinus (at the bifurcation of common carotid artery into external and...
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Baroreflex (redirect from Baroreceptor reflex)
The baroreflex or baroreceptor reflex is one of the body's homeostatic mechanisms that helps to maintain blood pressure at nearly constant levels. The...
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Carotid sinus (redirect from Carotid sinus baroreceptor stimulation)
carotid artery, consisting of baroreceptors which monitor blood pressure. The carotid sinus contains numerous baroreceptors which function as a "sampling...
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regulation is carried out by the sympathetic nervous system (via the baroreceptor reflex), calcium channel blockers allow blood pressure to be maintained...
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established normal limit. There are two kinds of baroreceptors: high-pressure arterial baroreceptors and low-pressure volume receptors, both activated...
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baroreceptors represent blood pressure, level of physical activity, and the relative distribution of blood. The cardiac centers monitor baroreceptor firing...
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Low pressure receptors (redirect from Low-pressure baroreceptors)
Low pressure baroreceptors are baroreceptors that relay information derived from blood pressure within the autonomic nervous system. They are stimulated...
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baroreceptors represent blood pressure, level of physical activity, and the relative distribution of blood. The cardiac centers monitor baroreceptor firing...
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Afferent unmyelinated C-fibers travel through the vagus to enhance the baroreceptor reflex mechanisms, inhibit sympathetic output, and inhibit vasomotor...
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cutaneous cooling rate, and its termination is likely due to reflex baroreceptor responses or thermoreceptor habituation. The diving reflex is a set of...
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