question about ephinephrine

[allday0109]

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the book says that epinephrine causes constriction in arterioles in skin but dilation in leg muscle.
In this case can I say epinephrine cause both vasoconstriction and vasodilation?

 

[TheWiredNerv]

i suppose so. Epi causes vasoconsriction to areas in the body that it "shuts off," and increases blood to parts of the body involved in "flight or fight."

 

[Streetwolf]

Put it this way: if you're running away from some man eating beast, would you want your blood to flow to your skin or your legs?

Sympathetic NS takes care of this.

 

[allday0109]

Put it this way: if you're running away from some man eating beast, would you want your blood to flow to your skin or your legs?

Sympathetic NS takes care of this.

beautiful example!! Thanks!!^^

 

[dentheartthrob]

the book says that epinephrine causes constriction in arterioles in skin but dilation in leg muscle.
In this case can I say epinephrine cause both vasoconstriction and vasodilation?

yup it depends on the receptors that it binds to