The Role of the Endocrine System in Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 22 07
Blood pressure is also affected by various hormones of the neuroendocrine system, particularly norepinephrine (noradrenalin), epinephrine (adrenalin), and cortisol (see…    

Symptoms of Essential Hypertension
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Many patients with essential hypertension report that they can determine when their blood pressure is elevated. Often, their perception of experiencing high blood pressure…    

Essential hypertension - Summary
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Essential hypertension is a disorder that results from a disruption in the normal neural, cardiovascular, endocrine, and renal systems that regulate blood pressure. Due…    

Consequences of Hypertension
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • • Measurement of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Hypertension is a known risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The presence of hypertension raises the risk for coronary heart disease twofold, the…    

The Prevalence and Demographics of Hypertension
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Hypertension is not an equal opportunity disorder. That is, it affects persons with certain demographic characteristics more than persons without those characteristics. For example,…    

Stages of Hypertension
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
As physicians of the twentieth century began to employ newly developed measurement strategies for assessing blood pressure as part of patient evaluations, it became…    

Essential Hypertension
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
In a properly functioning circulatory system, the various components of the nervous, neuroendocrine, and renal systems operate together to maintain blood pressures at an…    

The Central Nervous System Feedback System and Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
The brain and circulatory system also make use of important feedback systems that assist in directing which elements of the neuroendocrine, renal, or autonomic…    

The Effect of the Kidney on Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
The kidneys are organs that are ultimately responsible for the amount of fluid the body retains, and thus exert a significant effect on regulating…    

The Role of the Nervous System in Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Many fluctuations in blood flow occur as a result of alterations in signals the circulatory system receives from the nervous system. As depicted by…    

Effects of Local Body Tissue on Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Because the oxygen and waste removal requirements of the muscle cells change in response to exercise, local body tissues (blood vessels that serve muscle…    

Physiology of the Circulatory System
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
It is likely that your blood pressure is different right now from what it was when you started reading this section. The difference may…    

Regulation of Blood Pressure
• Regulation of Blood Pressure • Dec 10 07
Blood has long been recognized as a vital body fluid. Prehistoric humans must have observed the spillage of blood that followed aggressive exchanges or…    

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