FLOWCHART
FLOWCHART
FLOWCHART
BSN 1 – H
Vasodilators: ↓O2, ↑CO2, Relax Increasing
Autoregulation ↑metabolic acids such as precapillary blood flow
lactate, ↑NO, ↑K, ↑H, sphincters
Normal resting Changes to inflammation, ↑Tb (body
conditions, blood flow temperature)
redistributes blood detected by
Homeostasis
as needed by local
Vasoconstrictors: Constrict Decreasing restored
tissues receptors
Prostaglandins, products precapillary blood flow
released by activated sphincters
platelets, leukocytes, and
endothelins
Cardiac Centers,
Autoregulation vasomotor centers
& Hormonal Blood Pressure Cardiac centers,
Regulation vasomotor centers Cardiac Centers,
Neural vasomotor centers
Mechanism
Cardiac Centers,
Blood Chemistry Cardiac Centers, vasomotor centers
vasomotor centers
Cardiac Centers,
vasomotor centers Homeostasis
May be either restored
long or short term
Erythropoietin (RBCs)
Renin/angiotensinogen Regulate blood
Renal /aldosterone volume and
pressure
Adrenal Catecholamines
R Vasoconstrictors/
Hormonal
Vasodilators
Regulation Brain Antidiuretic hormone
REFERENCE: Cliffnotes (2018). Control of the blood pressure. Retrieved November 28, 2019 from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-
guides/anatomy-and-physiology/the-cardiovascular-system/control-of-blood-
pressure#:~:targetText=The%20kidneys%20provide%20a%20hormonal,secrete%20renin%20into%20the%20blood.