Question

Alcoholic beverages A) dilate the blood vessels and B) increase the amount of water removed from the blood. How would factors A and B affect blood pressure?

Factor A would increase blood pressure while factor B would decrease blood pressure, causing no net change.

Factor A would decrease blood pressure while factor B would increase blood pressure, causing no net change.

Both factors would increase blood pressure.

Both factors would decrease blood pressure.

Answer 1

D.) Both factors would decrease blood pressure.

When dilation occurs, area increases, thus decreasing pressure & when amount of water/ion decreases it also causes decreases in pressure.

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