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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Vascular Capacitance
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Capacitancia Vascular
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Capacitāncia Vascular
Tree Number:
G09.330.380.906
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
:
96
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DE
drug effects
ES
ethics
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
Record Number:
32583
Unique Identifier:
D018924
Occurrence in VHL
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