Planteome: Term Details for "vasodilation" (GO:0042311)

Accession: GO:0042311
Name: vasodilation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: positive regulation of blood vessel size, vasodilatation
Alternate IDs: GO:0045909
Definition: An increase in the internal diameter of blood vessels, especially arterioles or capillaries, due to relaxation of smooth muscle cells that line the vessels, and usually resulting in a decrease in blood pressure. Source: GOC:pr, ISBN:0192800981
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042311 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
vasodilation	is_a	blood vessel diameter maintenance (GO:0097746)

subject	relation	object
vasodilation in another organism (GO:0044552)	is_a	vasodilation
norepinephrine-mediated vasodilation (GO:0003122)	is_a	vasodilation
artery vasodilation involved in baroreceptor response to increased systemic arterial blood pressure (GO:0001984)	is_a	vasodilation
vasodilation involved in acute inflammatory response (GO:0002527)	is_a	vasodilation
angiotensin-mediated vasodilation involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure (GO:0002033)	is_a	vasodilation
acetylcholine-mediated vasodilation involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure (GO:0003069)	is_a	vasodilation
epinephrine-mediated vasodilation (GO:0003121)	is_a	vasodilation
norepinephrine-epinephrine-mediated vasodilation involved in regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure (GO:0002025)	is_a	vasodilation
relaxation of vascular associated smooth muscle (GO:0060087)	BFO:0000050	vasodilation