Physiologic Function
vascular resistance
vas·cu·lar re·sist·ance
Subclass of:
Hemodynamics
Definitions related to vascular resistance:
  • Opposition to blood flow in a vascular bed.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The force that opposes the flow of BLOOD through a vascular bed. It is equal to the difference in BLOOD PRESSURE across the vascular bed divided by the CARDIAC OUTPUT.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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