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    through a wire‚ called a lead. Sometimes just one lead is needed. Other times‚ there will be two leads. There are two types of pacemakers: • Transvenous pacemaker. This type is placed under the skin or muscle of your chest. The lead goes through a vein in the chest area to reach the inside of the heart. • Epicardial pacemaker. This type is placed under the skin or muscle of your chest or belly. The lead goes through your chest to the outside of the

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    The connectors between the veins and arteries. Very tiny and thin walled like arterioles‚ (their actually buddies) their function is to supply body tissue with the components of blood and to get rid of waste from surrounding cells. They have a specific job‚ unlike most blood vessels‚ which primary job is to transport blood from one station to another continuously. Venules • Venules are minute veins- Meaning real quick. There main job is to drain the capillaries into veins‚ returning the blood to the

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    Smooth muscle- are involuntary muscles found in the walls of hollow organs like the stomach‚ intestines or bladder. Smooth Muscles have many functions in the body‚ but one of the functions of smooth muscles in the bladder contracts to push urine out of the body. Skeletal muscle- Skeletal Muscles are muscles attached to the skeleton. The skeletal muscles main function is to contract to support the skeleton in movement. Skeletal muscles are voluntary because we have complete control of the movements

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    system. Oxygenated blood is pumped away from the heart to the rest of the body‚ while deoxygenated blood is pumped to the lungs where it is re-oxygenated before returning to the heart. The total blood volume is unevenly distrubted among the arteries‚ veins‚ and capillaries. The heart arteries and capillaries in the pulmonary and systemic circuits normally contain30 percent of blood volume like 1.5 liters of whole blood. And the venous system contains the rest 65-70 percent and that’s about 3.5 liters

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    Introduction Cardiovascular Dynamics and the Cardiovascular Physiology experiments both have multiple goals. The first experiment aims to understand how blood flow‚ pressure gradient‚ and resistance relate to one another. To understand this‚ resistance and contributing factors‚ such as vessel radius‚ viscosity‚ and vessel length must be studied. The effects of vessel radius and stroke volume on the ventricular pump should also examined. The experiment also calls for an understanding of cardiovascular

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    best to get them situated. Arteriosclerosis‚ Hypertension‚ Aortic Aneurysm‚ Heart Disease‚ Varicose Veins‚ and Chronic Venous Insufficiency‚ Angina‚ and Peripheral Vascular Disease are all problems that can proceed in the cardiovascular system. Arteriosclerosis is a circulatory disease that is caused by fat buildup‚ cholesterol‚ and or other substances in the artery wall. These things make the veins stiffen up and become narrow. Hypertension is an issue when a force of blood pushes against the artery

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    of circulation through the capillaries is called microcirculation. Image 1 bellow shows the components of the capillary bed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/triple_ocr_21c/further_biology/circulation/revision/4/ 1 Arteries‚ Veins and Capillaries When the oxygenated blood travels via the arterioles into the capillaries‚ which are only 1 cell thick and are permeable‚ certain gasses and substances can flow/diffuse from the blood to the

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    CVP and its normal waveform1 - 2 : It is a technique used to measure existing pressure at the junction on CVC and the right atrium. To measure the pressure they used the central venous catheter that inserted on right jugular vein. This technique used for evaluation the cardiac function in ill patients. In addition‚ it can used for diagnosis purposes such as heart failure and fluid resuscitation. The relationship between cardiac function and venous return used for determination of heart failure

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    08/12/13 1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Aneurysm (AN-ū-rizm) A thin‚ weakened section of the wall of an artery or a vein that bulges outward‚ forming a balloonlike sac. Common causes are atherosclerosis‚ syphilis‚ congenital blood vessel defects‚ and trauma. If untreated‚ the aneurysm enlarges and the blood vessel wall becomes so thin that it bursts. The result is massive hemorrhage with shock‚ severe pain‚ stroke‚ or death. Treatment may involve surgery in which the weakened area of the blood

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    Veins are blood vessels that return blood from the outer parts of the body back to the heart. Veins have different sizes that depends on their location and function. The veins that are deeper and closer to the center of the body are called deep veins. Varicose veins are veins that have become bulging‚ widened and twisted. They usually look blue or dark purple. Some other symptons of varicose vains include: aching‚ heavy and uncomfortable legs‚ swollen feet and ankles‚ muscle cramping and swelling

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