Question

What is a measure of the change in vascular volume as pressure within the vessel is altered? What is a measure of the change in vascular volume as pressure within the vessel is altered?

a.Diffusability
b.Resistance
c.Blood flow
d.The pressure gradient
e.Compliance

Answer 1

Compliance

Step-by-step explanation:

Compliance is defined as the ability of a hollow organ to increase in volume as a result of increased pressure . A typical example is the rate at which the chamber of the heart or the lumen of the blood vessel changes when it is filled with blood as the Coronary Arteries pumps the blood with pressure.

This rate can be measured by dividing the rise in volume by the increase in pressure.

Answer 2

Answer: e. Compliance

Explanation: Compliance is the capability of an empty organ usually a (vessel) to stretch and increase volume with increasing transmural pressure or the tendency of a empty organ to resist balk back toward its original size on application of a stretching or compressing force.