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frontier
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What causes pulmonary artery constriction: A decrease in PO2 in alveoli or in venous blood?
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ssrpk
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first of all it's pulmonary arteriolar constriction and secondly pulmonary vasculature is unique in the snse it constrics when there is hypoxia i.e. decrease in PAO2 not venous!
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SDK
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I think Hypoxia cause arteriolar constriction not arterial constriction.... :!:
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