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Bayliss effect

Bayliss effect noun: a special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

Noun

Bayliss effect (plural Bayliss effects)

  1. A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

Forms of Bayliss effect

pluralBayliss effects

Origin of Bayliss effect

Discovered by English physiologist William Bayliss (1860–1924).

Questions about Bayliss effect

What does Bayliss effect mean?
Bayliss effect means a special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.
What part of speech is Bayliss effect?
Bayliss effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Bayliss effect?
The plural of Bayliss effect is Bayliss effects.

Words near Bayliss effect in the dictionary

  1. Baylis
  2. Baylis-Hillman reaction
  3. Baylis-Hillman reactions
  4. baylisascariasis
  5. Bayliss
  6. Bayliss effect
  7. Bayliss effects
  8. Baylisses
  9. baylissite
  10. Baylo
  11. Baylock

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