The age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease that affects the elderly population with a incidence peak over 50 years old. It can occur in two main aspects: the wet form or the dry form. The dry AMD is characterized by the absence of choroidal neovascular complications with a less dramatic evolution compared to the wet form but no less disabling. Great challenge is to understand the pathophysiology that leads to development of one AMD form respect to another and within each of the two‚
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CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS CARDIOVASCULAR fitness is the fitness of the heart‚ blood and blood vessels. “Cardiac” is another word for heart‚ and “vascular” refers to blood vessels. Of all the parts of fitness‚ this part is one of the best for helping you feel good and enjoy life more and to reduce stress. Cardiovascular fitness helps you look good because the exercises you do to maintain your fitness help you control your weight and develop a good physique (figure) and increases your self-esteem.
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circuits • Allows the heart muscle to receive sufficient oxygen even if an artery is partially blocked • Coronary Veins: drain the heart muscle‚ converge and drain into the coronary sinus‚ empties into the right atrium. Elements of the conduction system: • 1.) The SA node (PACEMAKER) generates impulses • 2.) The impulses pause at the AV node • 3.) The AV bundle connects the atria to the ventricles • 4.) The bundle branches conduct
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VENTRICLES OF THE HEART. ACCOMODATES BLOOD VESSELS CALLED THE CORONARY SINUS THAT DRAINS THE HEART WALL AND BRANCHES OF THE CORONARY ARTERY THAT SUPPLY THE HEART WALL WITH BLOOD THE INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR VENA CAVA ALLOW DEOXYGENATED BLOOD FROM ALL SYSTEMS OF THE BODY TO FLOW INTO THE RIGHT ATRIUM THE PULMONARY VEINS ALLOW OXYGENATED BLOOD FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT LUNGS TO FLOW INTO THE LEFT ATRIUM THE AORTA HAS 3 SECTIONS: 1THE ASCENDING AORTA THRU WHICH OXYGENATED BLOOD FLOWS UPWARD.2 THE AORTIC
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significantly in either avoiding a cardiovascular disease or help to improve your health if a cardiovascular disease is already present. Diet is very important when it comes to your heart eating a well balanced diet low in saturated fats‚ and highly processed or sugary foods. It’s important that your diet contains lots of fruits and vegetables along with healthy fats such as nuts or avocados and foods that contain high fiber. Another way to keep your cardiovascular healthy is exercise especially high
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Task 4 (P4) P4: Explain the physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in the body In your role as a health and social care professional in a respite care home you have been asked to prepare a booklet to explain to your client group how the body requires and uses energy. You should produce an information booklet that gives an overview of how energy is produced and utilised in the body. You booklet should include information on: * Energy forms * Energy
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stable internal environment despite the changes to the external surrounding1‚2. The body has a range of receptors these are used to constantly monitor the body’s internal conditions to keep them in physiological limits. To achieve this‚ every organ works together and thus the body works together as a whole. This requires body to communicate with the organs‚ this is established through two very highly specialized systems; nervous system and endocrine system‚ they use electrical impulses and hormones
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P5 – Describe the Structure and Function of the Cardiovascular System Changes in Stroke Volume Stroke volume is the amount of blood pumped out the left ventricle‚ every beat your heart makes. It can differ from your resting heart beat and your heart beat when exercising. Normally‚ when exercising‚ your heart rate increases meaning the stroke volume also increases. The blood pumped by the left ventricle is oxygenated‚ and will deliver oxygen to the muscle. The more blood injected in a heartbeat means
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(myA&P) Select “Interactive Physiology” (left tab) Select “Chapter 19: Cardiovascular System – Factors that Affect Blood Pressure” Click “Topic‚” watch the tutorial‚ and then answer the following questions. The Cardiovascular System: Factors That Affect Blood Pressure 1. What are the three main factors that influence total peripheral resistance (TPR)? a. Turbulence b. Vascular Resistance c. A change in blood viscosity 2. Name three hormones that act as vasoconstrictors. a.
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