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caused by sudden loss of autonomic nervous system control to smooth muscle and wall due to spinal cord or brain damage

hypotension with high thoracic and cercvical injury
- loss of descending pathways
- vasodilation due to sympathetic loss
- bradycardia due to the loss
- warm and dry extremities
- priapism
- venous pooling