What does it mean when someone is called a brick house? brick house (plural brick houses) A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry. What does it mean when someone says you are built like a brick house? built like a brick shithouse (not comparable) (Australia, Canada, Britain, US, New Zealand, simile, idiomatic, colloquial, mildly vulgar) (of a man) Having a muscular body, particularly with well developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals. Is being called a brick...

Does hypoxia cause vasoconstriction? In systemic arteries hypoxia causes an increased current through ATP-dependent potassium channels and vasodilatation, whereas in the pulmonary arteries hypoxia inhibits potassium current and causes vasoconstriction. Why does vasoconstriction occur in hypoxia? In response to alveolar hypoxia, a mitochondrial sensor dynamically changes reactive oxygen species and redox couples in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC). This inhibits potassium channels, depolarizes PASMC, activates voltage-gated calcium channels, and increases cytosolic calcium, causing vasoconstriction. How does hypoxia cause vasodilation? Hypoxia: Decreased tissue pO2 resulting from reduced oxygen supply or increased oxygen demand causes vasodilation. Hypoxia-induced vasodilation may be direct...