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.

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Meanings

nounBayliss effect (plural Bayliss effects)

plural Bayliss effects

  1. medicineA 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.

Origin

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

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Translations

Hungarian Bayliss-effektus
  • Bayliss-effektusspecial manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature
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