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• Sodium thiopental
  ...s List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic healthcare system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{cite web ...explain the more widespread effects of barbiturates in the central nervous system. Barbiturates have [[anesthetic]], [[sedative]], [[anxiolytic]], [[anticonv
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• Hydralazine
  ...]. By relaxing [[vascular smooth muscle]], vasodilators act to decrease [[peripheral resistance]], thereby lowering [[blood pressure]] and decreasing afterload. ...m of action for hydralazine: induction of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, vascular endothelial growth factor, and angiogenesis by inhibition of prolyl hydroxy
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• Dopamine
  ...], dopamine given as a drug does not directly affect the [[central nervous system]]. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseas ...comotion|voluntary movement]], [[motivation]], [[punishment]] and [[reward system|reward]], inhibition of [[prolactin]] production (involved in [[lactation]]
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• Atropa belladonna
  ...ptoms are caused by atropine's disruption of the [[parasympathetic nervous system]]'s ability to regulate non-volitional/subconscious activities such as swea ...Carolina State University Department of Plant Biology | title = Poisonous Vascular Plants | publisher = NC State University | year = 2000 | url = http://www.c
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• Arsenic
  ...volume = 14|pages =1377–1385|doi = 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-1516|title = Vascular Imaging of Solid Tumors in Rats with a Radioactive Arsenic-Labeled Antibody ...ies with human kidney cells and ''in vivo'' tests with rat liver cells and peripheral blood leukocytes in humans.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Baccarelli|first=A.|yea
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  ...le]] and [[glands]].<ref name="Lookingbill" /> The major function of this system is as a barrier against the external environment.<ref name="pmid19221876">{ ...ine]] and [[apocrine gland]]s.<ref name="Fitz" /> The dermis contains two vascular networks that run parallel to the skin surface—one superficial and one de
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• List of genetic disorders
  | familial vascular leukoencephalopathy <br><small>''see'' [[CADASIL syndrome]] </small> || || | Immune system disorders <br><small>''see'' [[X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency]]
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• Carotid body
  System = | ...the most vascular tissue in the human body. The [[thyroid gland]] is very vascular, but not quite as much as the carotid body.
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• Ankle brachial pressure index
  ...pressure in the leg is an [[indication]] of blocked arteries ([[peripheral vascular disease]]). The ABI is calculated by dividing the higher [[Systole (medicin ...pted endpoint for high compression therapy, the trigger for referral for a vascular surgical opinion and the defining upper marker for an ulcer of mixed aetiol
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• Vascular resistance
  .... The systemic vascular resistance may also be referred to as the [[total peripheral resistance]]. [[Vasoconstriction]] (i.e., decrease in blood vessel diameter Units for measuring vascular resistance are [[dyne|dyn]]·s·cm^-5, pascal seconds per cubic m
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• Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
  ...wall S, Kublickiene K |title=Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in vascular physiology and cardiovascular disease |journal=Atherosclerosis |volume=202 ...wall S, Kublickiene K |title=Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in vascular physiology and cardiovascular disease |journal=Atherosclerosis |volume=202
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• Arteriole
  System = | ...ry site of [[vascular resistance]]. Arterioles receive [[autonomic nervous system]] innervation and respond to various circulating [[hormones]] in order to r
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• Vasoconstriction
  ...lood is restricted or decreased, thus, retaining body heat or increasing [[vascular resistance]]. [[Skin|Cutaneously]], this makes the skin turn paler because ...is circulating [[epinephrine]] and activation of the [[sympathetic nervous system]] (through release of [[norepinephrine]]) that directly innervates the musc
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• Vasodilation
  ...the surrounding tissue) or extrinsic (due to [[hormones]] or the [[nervous system]]). Additionally, the response may either be localized to a specific organ ...ionship between [[mean arterial pressure]], [[cardiac output]] and [[total peripheral resistance]] (TPR). Mathematically, cardiac output (blood flow measured in
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• Cardiovascular physiology
  ...ses the [[physiology]] of the [[heart]] ("cardio") and [[blood vessel]]s ("vascular"). * [[Electrical conduction system of the heart]]
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• Angiography
  ...[[projectional radiography]]; however, the term has been applied to newer vascular imaging techniques such as [[Computed tomography angiography|CT angiography ...y safer as no sharp tools introductory devices needed to remain inside the vascular lumen.
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• Vein
  Image = Venous system en.svg | System = |nuts
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• Ischemia
  *[[arteriovenous malformation]]s, and [[peripheral artery occlusive disease]]. ...hronic ischemia of the brain may result in a form of [[dementia]] called [[vascular dementia]].
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• Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
  ...351665 |doi= |quote=A similar condition involving the head and neck venous system may cause chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and may be in ...Marrie RA, Rudick R, Horwitz R, Cutter G, Tyry T, Campagnolo D, Vollmer T. Vascular comorbidity is associated with more rapid disability progression in multipl
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• Macrovascular disease
  ...n the heart), [[cerebrovascular disease]] (in the brain), and [[peripheral vascular disease]] (in the limbs) [[Category:Cardiovascular system]]
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