Explain how epinephrine can cause intestinal blood vessels to constrict and cause skeletal muscle blood vessels to dilate.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Epinephrine can bind to different isoforms of the adrenergic receptor. Epinephrine binds to the alpha receptor on the intestinal blood vessels and beta receptors on the skeletal muscle blood vessels

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