Question

What are resistance blood vessels?

Answer 1

Resistance blood vessels:

1. Resistance blood vessels are blood vessels that are very small in diameter.
2. These vessels are usually end-points of arteries or arterioles.
3. Resistance vessels are crucial in the pathogenesis of hypertension since, by definition, they are what cause the rise in peripheral resistance and consequent rise in blood pressure.
4. The resistance vessels include small arteries, arterioles, and precapillary sphincters.