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Descriptor English:

Vascular Capacitance

Descriptor Spanish:

Capacitancia Vascular

Descriptor Portuguese:

Capacitância Vascular

Tree Number:

G09.330.553.660.906

Definition English:

The measure of a BLOOD VESSEL's ability to increase the volume of BLOOD it holds without a large increase in BLOOD PRESSURE. The vascular capacitance is equal to the change in volume divided by the change in pressure.

Indexing Annotation English:

do not confuse with VASCULAR RESISTANCE, opposition to blood flow in a vasc bed

See Related English:

Vascular Resistance

History Note English:

Allowable Qualifiers English:

drug effects	ethics
genetics	immunology
physiology	radiation effects

Record Number:

32583

Unique Identifier:

D018924

Occurrence in VHL:

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