baroreflex

baroreflex
A reflex triggered by stimulation of a baroreceptor.

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baro·re·flex 'bar-ō-.rē-.fleks n the reflex mechanism by which baroreceptors regulate blood pressure that includes transmission of nerve impulses from the baroreceptors to the medulla in response to a change in blood pressure and that produces vasodilation and a decrease in heart rate when blood pressure increases and vasoconstriction and an increase in heart rate when blood pressure decreases called also baroreceptor reflex

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baro·re·flex (barґo-re″fleks) baroreceptor reflex.

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