03-22-2007, 05:45 PM
A person has been hypertensive for years, with a resting blood pressure of 180/120. Compared to a normotensive person with a blood pressure of 120/80, if the blood pressure were increased 10 mm Hg above the mean in both patients, the hypertensive patient would demonstrate
a. increased parasympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
b. increased sympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
c. decreased parasympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
d. no difference in autonomic outflow, compared to the normotensive patient
a. increased parasympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
b. increased sympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
c. decreased parasympathetic outflow compared to the normotensive patient
d. no difference in autonomic outflow, compared to the normotensive patient