1Cardiovascular System: Anatomy Review: Blood Vessel Structure and Function 1. Name the three layers or tunics of the blood vessel wall and what they are composed of. Location Tunic Name Composed of Innermost Tunica interia Endothelium Middle Tunica media Smooth muscle cells and sheets of elastin Outer Tunica externa Collagen fibers that protect and reinforce the blood vessels and anchor it to surrounding structures 2. In the following list of characteristics‚ put “A” for artery‚ “C” for
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The Human Heart The Human Heart is one of the most important organs in the entire human body. The heart is a muscular organ that acts like a pump to continuously send blood through the body. The heart beats approximately about seventy-two times per minute of our lives. Without the heart’s pumping action‚ blood can’t circulate within the human body. The heart is enclosed in a double walled sac called the Pericardium. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened
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The heart is one of the most important organs in your body. So what does it do? It’s function is to pump blood to all the other organs. But the heart can not function alone‚ it has other organs and blood vessels helping it. The human heart is a pear shaped and about the size of a human fist. It is made of muscle and there are three different layers. The outer layer is called the epicardium. The middle layer is called the myocardium which is made of muscles that contract. The inner layer is called
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Topic: Legalization of the Sale of Human Organs General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the sale of human should be legalized Thesis: The sale of human organs should be legalized Introduction Attention Getter: There is a large shortage of organ donors in the US. When it comes to kidneys over 87 00 people are in need‚ but only 17‚ 000 Americans get each year while more that 4600 die waiting Significance of Topic: Many of you may someday know someone who needs
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THE HUMAN HEART The human heart is by far one of the most vital organs of the body. It has a mass that ranges from 250 grams to 350 grams. Its contraction and expansion results in 2000 gallons of blood being pumped through the body’s blood vessels per day. It’s located in the middle of the chest protected by the ribcage. Its building blocks are a unique type of muscle known as the myocardium‚ and it’s enclosed by a double-walled membranous sac known as the pericardium. The double-walled membrane
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I am writing on the human heart. I will be explaining the functions and uses of the heart throughout this paper. The main focus will be on how important the heart is to our entire body’s running like a well-oiled machine and its absolute importance to our survival. The heart has four different chambers. Each side of the heart contains one ventricle and one atrium‚ meaning it has two ventricles and two atriums‚ one on each side. They are known as the right and left ventricles and the right
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The human heart is slightly bigger than the size of ones fist. It is situated at a very safe place which is between the cage bones‚ i.e.‚ in the center of the chest. Usually it is slightly on the left side of the chest but in rare cases‚ it can be found on the right side. Heart is responsible for the blood flow to every single part of the body by constant contraction and relaxation of cardiac muscles. This is the reason why we hear rhythmic beats all the time. Heart pumps the pure blood to the different
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Anatomy 1 Lab FINAL EXAM ** Covers exercises 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25‚ 26‚ 27** Terms – Intro to Sensory Receptors (Lab 24) General senses – touch‚ pressure‚ changes in temperature‚ pain‚ blood pressure and stretching Special senses – taste‚ smell‚ sight‚ hearing‚ balance Punctate distribution – uneven distribution of sense receptors Stimuli are classified by type (modalities) such as light‚ heat‚ sound‚ pressure and specific chemicals Receptors – receiving units in
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Reagan Purser Study Words on Quizlet http://quizlet.com/35745265/anatomy-ch-10-flash-cards/ Chapter 10: Somatic and Special Senses 1. Sensory Receptors: Detect environmental changes and trigger nerve impulses that travel on sensory pathways into the central nervous system for processing and interpretation. 2. Somatic Senses: Touch‚ pressure‚ temperature‚ and pain 3. Special Senses: Smell‚ taste‚ hearing‚ equilibrium‚ and vision 4. 5 groups of sensory receptors: Chemoreceptors‚ Pain receptors
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The reason I am taking human anatomy is so that I can have knowledge about the human body and the way its structures work together to keep me breathing. There are many things that I hope to gain from this course‚ but I am coming into this class with an open mind. I am a very optimistic person‚ so I think positively about everything. Ever since I stepped into high school and learned that Banneker had an Human Anatomy course I couldn’t wait to take it; in fact Human Anatomy is actually related to a
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