Handbook of Physiology

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(Burdon-Sauderson.) The following table gives the probable average height of blood- pressure in various parts of the vascular system in man. They have been very largely inferred from experiments on animals : — T , ..,.> ( + 140 mm. (about 6 inches) Large arteries (e.%. carotid) . - v J ° v ° J \ mercury.
Medium arteries (e.g. radial) . +110 mm. mercury.
Capillaries . + 15 to + 20 3) ) Small veins of arm .
+ 9 !> > Portal vein + 10 >> > Inferior vena cava + 3 1> > Large veins of neck from to - 8
... >> } (Starling.) These pressures are, however, subject to considerable variations ; th3 principal factors that cause variation are the following : — Increase of arterial blood-pressure is produced by — 1. Increase in the rate and power of the heart-beat.
2. Increase in the contraction of the arterioles.
3. Increase in the total quantity of blood (plethora, after a meal, after transfusion).
Decrease in the arterial blood-pressure is produced by — 1. Decrease in the rate and force of the heart-beat.


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