The Sympathetic Nervous System Maintains Peripheral Vascular Tone and a Loss

question 7

Multiple Choice

The sympathetic nervous system maintains peripheral vascular tone and a loss of sympathetic stimulation causes vasodilation, significant venous pooling, and subsequent hypotension. This effect is called the ____.

• A) orthostatic relaxation
• B) syncope
• C) pulse effect
• D) vasodepressor effect

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