KROK 1 2017 – Question 197 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
During the exam a student was unable to correctly answer all the questions in his question card, which was accompanied by the reddening of his face and hot sensation. What type of arterial hyperemia did the student develop in this case?
- A. Metabolic
- B. Pathologic
- C. Neurotonic
- D. Postischemic
- E. Neuroparalytic
Hint
Identify the trigger that makes the facial vessels widen here and ask whether it works through nerve influences, local tissue products or damage to a nerve.
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