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What Is The Effect Of High Salt Diet, Blow On Head, Mugger Attack And Hypothalmic Tumor On Blood Pressure?
for each of the situations, describe the anticipated effect on blood pressure and the physiological basis of the response: (1) a high-salt diet, (2) a blow on the head that damages (disables) the vasomotor center, (3) an attack by mugger, and (4) a hypothalamic tumor resulting in excess ADH production.
Fri, 23 Dec 2016
1. High salt diet Increase blood pressure
2. destruction of vasomotor center - decrease bp
3. dagger - depends on what damage it does,if causes intracranial hemorrhage and increase intracranial hypertension then leads to hypertension or damages brain extensively the leads to hypotension.
4. increase adh no significant effect bp may slightly increase
2. destruction of vasomotor center - decrease bp
3. dagger - depends on what damage it does,if causes intracranial hemorrhage and increase intracranial hypertension then leads to hypertension or damages brain extensively the leads to hypotension.
4. increase adh no significant effect bp may slightly increase
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