The human body consists of eleven major organ systems that maintain homeostasis: the skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ nervous‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ urinary‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ integumentary and lymphatic systems. These organ systems are dependent on each other to keep the human body in homeostasis. For example‚ the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate functions of other body systems because they allow information to be communicated throughout the body. The nervous system consists of
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Aortic Dissection An aortic dissection is a tear in your aorta. The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries blood out of your heart to supply the rest of your body. It comes out of your heart and curves around‚ then goes down through your chest (thoracic aorta) and into your belly (abdominal aorta). The wall of the aorta has inner and outer layers. Aortic dissection occurs most often in the thoracic aorta. This is more likely to happen if the inner layer of the aorta has a weak spot or gets
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The patient should lay on a couch and be at rest and relaxed to facilitate a true reading. 2. The patient’s left arm should be supported and with relaxed fingers. The cuff of a sphygmomanometer should be placed on the upper left arm. Using a hand held Doppler‚ the probe should be placed below the lower edge of the cuff‚ over the bifurcation of the brachial artery. 3. The cuff should be inflated beyond the expected systolic pressure in order that the pulse disappears as the artery is closed by the
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http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9218 Intermittent claudication: An aching‚ crampy‚ tired‚ and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs. In very severe claudication the pain is also felt at rest. Intermittent claudication may occur in one or both legs and often continues to worsen over time. However‚ some people complain only of weakness
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1. What do those numbers (130/87) mean? What do they relate to in the cardiac cycle? The numbers 130/87 is the blood pressure of the patient. The top number 130‚ is the reading that is received when the heart is in contraction and blood is pushed out of the heart into the rest of the body (this is called systole). The bottom number 87‚ is the reading when the heart is at it relaxed state and is being refilled with blood (this is called diastole.) 2. This deposition of platelets and fibrin can
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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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Holistic Practitioner NUR 551 The aim of this assignment is to holistically evaluate the Bio-psychosocial factors and influences on health and well being‚ of a lady in her sixties who is living with chronic venous leg ulcers. It will begin with a patient profile‚ and in order to comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct (NMC) the name of the patient has been changed to Martha (NMC‚ 2008). Informed consent was gained by the patient prior to this assignment being written. It
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Where were a group of blacks who started this society called "The blue vein society". The group of people would get to together talk about how the whites could except them and for the blacks to except them would be a step back for them. The main character of the story is Mr. Ryder. He was in charge of the blue vein society‚ and everybody in the society look up the him. In this paper I will show how the people of the blue vein society had problems with their identities. First let me talk about
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Bruce’s right leg. (4 marks) Deep vein thrombosis refers to the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein in the leg. Deep vein thrombosis tends to occur in leg veins‚ such as the popliteal or femoral veins‚ as well as deep veins within the pelvis. The blocked vein in Bruce’s right led caused edema and led to tissue ischemia. Edema developed inferior to the blocked vein. Blockage of the vein increased the capillary hydrostatic pressure increased the amount of fluid that flowed from the capillaries
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE HEAD NECK The cardiovascular system consists of the heart‚ blood vessels‚ and the approximately 5 liters of blood that the blood vessels transport. Responsible for transporting oxygen‚ nutrients‚ hormones‚ and cellular waste products throughout the body‚ the cardiovascular system is powered by the body’s hardest-working organ — the heart‚ which is only about the size of a closed fist. Even at rest‚ the average heart easily pumps over 5 liters of blood throughout
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