Total peripheral resistance a. is inversely proportional to the length of the vascular bed, b. increases in anemia, c. decreases in polycythemia, d. is inversely related to the diameter of the arterioles.

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Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So a person with polym will have a high total peripheral resistance b low total peripheral resistance C no total peripheral resistance and the insufficient data to interpret. Well, remember from previous videos that a person with polysemic is going to have its their blood viscosity increased and this is going to be as a result of an excessive number of red blood cells in the body. So I want you to think about what is going to happen to this resistance to flow if we have a lot of a lot more red blood cells present within the blood. Well, this increased number of red blood cells is going to cause the resistance to flow or the total peripheral resistance to increase. And that is going to be making answer choice. A high total peripheral resistance. The correct answer for your question. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.