Index 



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^V MASS. 





Abdominal pressure 

 venous pressure, 1123 



Absorption 



general formulation, 961 

 injury and, 994 



extracellular pathway, 1065- 1066 

 intracellular pathway, 1 065-1066 

 pathways, discussion of, 1 066 



Acetabulum 



arteries of, 1652 



Acetate ion 



arteriolar size and, 948 

 entrance rate into muscle, 1 1 38 



Acetylcholine 



arterial diameter and, 807 

 as coronary vasodilator, 1548 

 as neuromuscular transmitter, 1366 

 atrophine antagonism, 1552 

 blood flow and, 953 

 cardiac effects, 1552 

 coronary circulation and, 1562 

 cutaneous blood How and, 1 346 

 distribution in abdominal viscera, 141 7 

 gastric blood flow and, 1446 

 hepatic blood flow and, 1419 

 in uterus, estrogen and, 1599 

 intestinal blood flow and, 1448 

 joint blood flow and, 1663 

 mesenteric blood flow and, 1451 

 pancreatic blood flow and, 1450 

 pressure-flow and, 952 

 pulmonary vascular pressures and, 1700 

 release of norepinephrine by, 1420 

 secretion in arteriovenous anasto- 

 moses, 1256 

 segmental resistance and, 952 

 skeletal muscle blood flow and, 1 364 

 skin circulation and, 1 334, 1 345 

 smooth muscle potential and, 1 155 



splanchnic circulation and, 1419 



splenic blood flow and, 1450-1451 



vascular capacity and, 953 



vascular effects of, 972 



vascular volume and, 955 



venodilator responses, 1094 

 Acetylsalicylic acid 



bradykinin release and, 1242 



erythromelalgia and, 1242 

 Acidosis 



acute, pulmonary resistance and, 1722 



renal blood flow and, 1504 

 Adipose tissue 



fat metabolism in, 1 175 

 Acrocyanosis 



basic defect in, 1 231 -1232 



characterization, 1230 



detailed description, 1231 



differential diagnosis, 123 1 



pathology, 1231 



picture of, 1230 



sympathectomy in, 1232 



symptoms, 1230 



vascular mechanisms in, 1231 

 Actinomyosin 



as contractile system, 871 

 Adenosine triphosphate 



intestinal blood flow and, 1448-1449 



skin circulation and, 1346 



vasodilatation and, 1338 

 Adenylic acid 



pressure-volume relations and, 1085 



venodilator responses, 1094 

 ADH : see Antidiuretic hormone 

 Adipose tissue 



nature of, 1 173 

 Adrenaline: see Epinephrine 

 Adrenergic agents 



'747 



action on vascular beds, 949 

 venoconstrictor responses, 1 094 

 Adrenergic blocking agents 



hepatic circulation and, 1421 

 Adrenocortical hormones 

 atherosclerosis and, 1201 

 filtration coefficients and, 999 

 lipid metabolism, iaoi 

 Adrenocorticotropic hormone 



fat mobilization and, 1174-1175 

 Adventitial cells: see Rougct cells 

 Aging 



aorta and, 875 



arterial distensibility and, 808, 876 



arterial ratio of radius to wall thickness 



and, 876 

 arterial retraction and, 813 

 arterial stretch and, 876 

 blood pressure regulation and, 876 

 blood vessel wall stiffness and, 809 

 collagen fibers and, 868 

 decrease of hysteresis with, 877 

 elastic tissue and, 86g 

 peripheral vascular disease and, 12 17 

 serum cholesterol level and, 11 98 

 smooth muscle degeneration and, 875 

 vascular smooth muscle and, 872, 875 

 venous valves and, 882 

 wall thickness and, 813 

 Albumin 



appearance in lymph, 1043 

 binding of fatty acids, 1 1 78 

 capillaries permeability to, 1013 

 concentration in human plasma, 974 

 disappearance from plasma, 1043 

 egg, molecular sieving of, 1017 

 extra- and intravascular masses, 1042 

 infusion, renal function and, 1499 

 in lymph, 1042 



