The cardiovascular system is an organ system comprised of the heart‚ blood and blood vessels. The cardiovascular system forms a part of the circulatory system‚ which circulates blood‚ lymph and oxygen throughout the body. The cardiovascular system works in conjunction with the digestive system to move nutrients throughout the body‚ and is also closely related to nervous system function. Here are some facts and functions of the cardiovascular system. 1. The Heart is at the Center of the Cardiovascular
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The Path of Respiratory Therapy Introduction About a year ago‚ I came home from work one night and walked into the kitchen to where my mother was standing. There was a feeling of uneasiness and the panic began to clench my stomach. She looked so sad‚ so stressed; maybe it was the frizzy hair‚ the bags beneath her eyes‚ the way her back slouched in a low negative curve‚ or her eyes. Her eyes looked at me before she turned them away‚ but in that fragment of a second‚ it’s almost like I could look
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The respiratory rate is a very important tool through which it is possible to recognise early signs of deterioration of a patient (Philip‚ Richardson & Maurice Cohen 2013‚ p. 570). Despite this‚ there is an increasing amount of cases in which healthcare professionals‚ nurses in particular‚ do not routinely assess and document this important vital sign correctly (Massey & Meredith 2010‚ p. 538). This essay will discuss the reasons why healthcare professionals are likely to omit assessing and documenting
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Cardiovascular disease is a common chronic illness in our society and it causes over half the deaths in the US each year. It affects all aspects of the heart. It affects the arteries that supply blood to the heart‚ the valves which pumps the blood and the heart muscles‚ itself. People who don’t take care of themselves can develop cardiovascular disease‚ which can cause heart attacks‚ congestive heart failure or strokes. A patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease increases if
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Cardiovascular response to changes in body position and physical activity Abstract The aims of the experiment were to investigate the cardiovascular responses to changes in body position and exercise on human blood pressure using an electronic (automated) blood pressure meter. Moreover‚ monitoring changes in blood flow and blood pressure in the body while sitting‚ lying supine‚ standing‚ as well as engaging in low intensity exercise of walking and medium intensity exercise of squatting after
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Respiratory disease Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism
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Chapter 11 Summary Cardiovascular System Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a collective term for various diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The leading cause of death in the United States because it affects nearly 83 million Americans. This disease is due to the way of our life mostly. Millions of Americans smoke‚ are overweight‚ have uncontrolled high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels‚ and they don’t even know the signs of CVD. Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease that can
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Anatomy Review Sheet 2 Respiratory Nomenclature Upper Respiratory VS Lower Respiratory -Are separated by the larynx -Upper Respiratory is the conducting pathway; Histology: Pseudo Stratified Ciliated Columnar Epilithlial Tissue. -Lower Respiratory Tract is everything below the larynx‚ exchange pathway. Meaning perfusion. Histology: Simple‚ because you want more passive mechanisms of perfusion. -Terminal Bronchiole Alveoli The rate limiting step and the final common pathway that
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Ms. Paula Weston English 101-57 30 October 2012 In the World of Respiratory Therapy When you graduate high school most of us look forward to going to college and starting a new chapter in our lives. There are many choices of fields to choose from when we enter college. Some of us know right from the start what we want to do and some of us don’t. I have had many ideas of what I might want to pick as my career for the rest of my life. It first started out with wanting to be a teacher‚ and then
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The human body requires many things to function. One of the most important requirements is oxygen. Oxygen is used by the entire body to make energy. The Respiratory System collects and filters the air we breath to get that precious oxygen. The respiratory(breathing) process begins when you inhale and air is taken in through the mouth and/or nose. The air flows into the pharynx(throat) and enters the trachea(windpipe). The air then flows into one of two bronchi‚ left bronchus and right bronchus.
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