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  1. NLM Digital Collections - A text book of general physiology for colleges 
    Publication: New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1923
    ... tence of a sympathetic nerve mechanism for capillary constriction. Tonic activity of sympathetic control of the capillaries is postulated. ... brain is also regulated in accordance with mental activity and emotional states. Constriction of the arterioles of the arm, with decrease ...
  2. ... lacrimation, sweating, miosis, spasm of ciliary muscles, bronchial constriction, increased gastrointestinal activity, a fall in blood pressure, and slowing of ...
  3. ... of heat in the heart, as the spasmodic constriction subsides ; its activity is increased, the im- pulse of the heart ...
  4. ... of heat in the heart, as the spasmodic constriction subsides ; its activity is increased, the im- pulse of the heart ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Syllabus of lectures on physiology 
    Publication: Philadelphia : The Morris Press, 1898
    ... of the vascular system. The reflex vaso-motor activity, constriction or dilatation, appears usually in the vascular area ...
  6. ... the boAvels, Avhen the pouched gut above the constriction is in great activity to force the contents through the narrow opening, ...
  7. ... the bowels, when the pouched gut above the constriction is in great activity to force the contents through the narrow opening, ...
  8. ... photoreceptors, the pupil continues with its wave of constriction long after the wave of activity of the photoreceptor has passed its peak and sub- sided to a reasonably steady level. It does not reach its peak until ... by the peak of constriction the pupil dilates a little, and after this ...
  9. ... heat of 414 SPECLAL THERAPEUTICS. the surface, causes constriction of the capillary vessels, les- sens nervous irritability, and diminishes the activity of the circulation. If long continued, it causes ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - The principles and practice of medicine 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Carey and Hart, 1844
    ... action of the cold itself. Most probably the constriction of the skin being so great, the Schneiderian membrane passes inlo great activity. Change of residence appears to increase the susceptibility ...
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