单词 | peripheral resistance |
释义 | > as lemmasperipheral resistance peripheral resistance n. resistance to flow in small blood vessels, spec. that of the systemic circulation (the part of the circulatory system between the left ventricle and the right atrium). ΚΠ 1872 Lancet 21 Dec. 885/2 It is confirmatory of his doctrine that the peripheral resistance is the result of excessive contraction of the hypertrophied muscular arteries. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. i. iv. 92 It is this peripheral resistance (in the minute arteries and capillaries)..which gives the circulation of the blood its peculiar features. 1972 R. Hartenstein Princ. Physiol. ix. 421 Peripheral resistance and the force and rate of cardiac contractions are the major overall factors that determine blood pressure. < as lemmas |
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