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A network of blood vessels along the surface of the beak helps dissipate extra heat, and the vessels constrict when temperatures drop.

The whole idea behind the squeezing material is to constrict the human body into a smaller space than gravity would allow.

Anytime you wear shoes that are tight or constrict the natural shape of your foot, doctors say it's bound to cause foot pain.

Together, they make the muscles tense up, the digestive tract slow down, blood vessels constrict and the heart beat faster.

Eg. Panic can constrict the blood vessels and impose an additional burden on the heart.

It's not so much psychological, it's vascular, and nicotine makes your arteries constrict.

Lotus seeds are classified as astringents , which constrict body tissues, and are considered beneficial for the spleen, kidney, and heart.

Nerves constrict the blood vessels in the extremities of the body.

Capacitance vessels constrict, increasing the back flow of venous blood.

The snakes ambush prey from the water and constrict them with an immediately deadly, bone-crushing force.

for not only the heart beats in crystalline biology, but the veins themselves constrict with the heart in order to move the blood along.

To restrain or constrict by tightening laces , especially of a corset .

Many experts believe that severe contractions constrict the blood vessels feeding the uterus.

To conserve blood that will be needed by muscles, skin vessels constrict while vessels of the muscles dilate.

Similarly, anxiety about getting an erection causes the blood vessels in the penis to constrict, so preventing erection.

Blood pressure is controlled by hormones called angiotensins, which cause the blood vessels to constrict.

however, polypropylene (PP) fibre can constrict spalling arid reduce the spalling degree.

reflexes increase heart rate and constrict small blood vessels to protect the blood supply to essential organs.

Think before you drink: Alcohol can dilate small blood vessels, which may lose their ability to constrict.

Alcohol can dilate small blood vessels, which may lose their ability to constrict. The result: tiny purple facial lines.

Methods. A nylon tie was used to constrict the spinal cord in 18 adult male beagle dogs.

Don't force your chest up and out when you breath in. This will actually constrict your air flow.

A suspension of new sales of bonds could constrict supply of Treasuries, pushing yields down instead of up.

Poor posture can constrict or put pressure on organs, restricting blood flow to them and inhibiting their proper functioning.

Eg. 17 Sometimes the vessels of the kidney or the liver can constrict, in which case the organ shrinks.

Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic .

Q. Certain conditions and special abilities, such as Stun, Paralysis, and Constrict, prevent a creature from acting on its next turn.

Losing nitric oxide could, in theory, cause vessels to constrict and clots to form.

Blood that is poor in nitric oxide will scavenge the gas from other tissues, causing the vessels in those tissues to constrict.

Tight shoes constrict the feet.

Our blood vessels constrict so we won't bleed.

Doesn't that tight bracelet constrict your arm?

The fall in blood pressure reflexly causes blood vessels to constrict with some rise in pressure (15 to 20 seconds).

This raises blood volume, forcingyour heart to work harder; at the same time, it makes veins andarteries constrict.

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When flesh is exposed to prolonged or severe cold, it causes blood vessels to constrict ;

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