Based on What You Learned in the Chapter on Control

question 16

Essay

Based on what you learned in the chapter on control of blood flow and pressure, what must happen to blood flow to meet the metabolic demands of exercising skeletal muscle? How is this accomplished? What is the predicted effect of this change on systemic blood pressure during exercise? What are the changes in heart function during exercise, and what effects should those changes have on systemic blood pressure? What actually happens to systemic blood pressure during exercise? Explain the apparent contradictions.

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