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Related terms:
cardiovascular function
heart contraction
Organ or Tissue Function
hemodynamics
he·mo·dy·nam·ics [ hee-moh-dahy-nam-iks, hem-oh- ]
Subclass of:
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Definitions related to hemodynamics:
  • Study of the movements of the blood and of the forces concerned therein.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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