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Vasomotor System

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Definition: The neural systems which act on VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE to control blood vessel diameter. The major neural control is through the sympathetic nervous system.  /drug eff: consider also VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS & VASODILATOR AGENTS   
See Also Baroreflex; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents
Examples Pressoreceptors 		Other names Vasomotor Systems; Systems, Vasomotor; System, Vasomotor

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