mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, -motoric, -motive, -motored; mov-

1. An alteration of the contractility of vessel walls in the vascular system.
2. A change, or alteration, in the caliber of a blood vessel. Also called angiokinesis.

1. Relating to, causing, or regulating constriction or dilation of blood vessels.
2. Relating to, affecting, or being those nerves or the centers (as in the medulla and spinal cord) from which they arise that supply the muscle fibers of the walls of blood vessels, include sympathetic vasoconstrictors and parasympathetic vasodilators, and by their effect on vascular diameter regulate the amount of blood passing to a particular body part or organ.

Cconveying or concerned with motor impulses to the viscera.

1. A reference to the normal movements of the viscera; especially, the digestive tract.
2. Producing or related to movements of the viscera or internal organs.

An increase in tonus (normal tension) of the tissues of the abdominal muscles resulting from painful stimuli originating in a viscus.