waiting for you to become thirsty again. Why would you have a hard time understanding physiology if you did not also understand anatomy? You would not really understand physiology if you struggled in understanding anatomy because the two go hand in hand. This is because the parts of your body do different jobs in relation to one another. Structures (studied in anatomy) determine the functions (studied in physiology) that will be
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fluids have been taken‚ the body switches off the “thirst mode.” 3. Why would you have a hard time understanding physiology if you did not also understand anatomy? -Because one would not know that the two terms are virtually the same in some ways they use the same processes. Both anatomy and physiology have their differences but one cannot understand anatomy without knowing physiology and vice versa. 4. Describe the different body cavities. -dorsal body cavity -cranial cavity‚ enclosed
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Cardiovascular The cardiovascular system is consists of the heart and network of arteries‚ veins‚ and capillaries that transport blood throughout the body. There are two primary circulatory loops in the human body: the pulmonary circulation loop and the systemic circulation loop. The heart is a muscular organ about the size of a closed fist that functions as the body’s circulatory pump. It takes in deoxygenated blood through the veins and delivers it to the lungs for oxygenation before pumping it
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pressure than that of an adult’. Sex is also another factor that determine heart rate. Females usually have a higher heart rate (72-80beats/min)‚ than that of a male (64-72beats/min). Medical history and cultural background. If a person suffers from cardiovascular disease known as tachycardia‚ they would have an abnormally fast heart rate‚ while subjecting suffering from bradycardia‚ would have the opposite effect. Body temperature can also contribute towards an increase or a decrease
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The Cardiovascular System The heart is one the primary organs in our body. The cardiovascular (CV) system is made up of the heart‚ the blood and the vessels through which blood travels. The CV system works in sequence with the respiratory system to maintain homeostasis. The heart acts as a pump which move the blood through the blood vessels to the tissues and organs of the body. This allows the CV system to help maintain homeostasis by enabling it to carry out its four major functions
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Animal Physiology Friday January 13‚ 2012 What are Animals? Invertebrates No spinal column Vertebrates Spinal column Major Animal Phyla Porifera Cnidaria Platyhel-minths Mollusca Annileda Nematoda Arthro-poda Echino-dermata Chordata What is Animal Physiology? What is Physiology? “The study of how animals work” (function) Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915–2007) – came up with the whole scheme of animal physiology from cell to whole organism temperature
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1. Why do we need a cardiovascular system? Because we need to get oxygen through our system. 2. Make sure you know which circuits the left and right heart pump into (pulmonary or systemic). Also know the status of blood (fully oxygenated or not) at -the aorta: Left‚systematic‚ and fully oxygenated. -a pulmonary vein: Left side‚ pulmonary‚ and fully oxygenated. Goes from the right side of the body(heart) into the (left) pulmonary veins then goes to the left atrium then to the left ventricle then
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Maykenzie Joy Freeman Health Cardiovascular Disease 3/30/2014 Cardiovascular Disease Assignment 1. Trace the path of a drop of blood from the time it enters the vena cava until it reaches your little finger. Be sure to include the types of blood vessels involved. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from superior and inferior vena cava after having been circulated through the body. ----------------------- From the right atrium‚ blood moves to the right ventricle and is pumped through
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Lifelong Learning and Self Development PSYC 361 Developmental Psychology 3 Z. Cultural Diversity Requirement ANTH/WMST 316 Anthropology of Sex and Gender 3 Major Prerequisite Course KNES 210 Human Anatomy and Physiology 3 Major Prerequisite Course KNES 112A Beginning Surfing 1 Major Prerequisite Course KNES 145 Cardio Kick-Boxing 1 Major Prerequisite Course KNES 131A Beginning Tennis 1 Major
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Erythrocytes Survive 120 Days Hemoglobin * Globin: 4 folded polypeptide chains * Heme: Iron group in each polypeptide that binds 02 Enzymes: * Glycolytic: generate energy through glycolysis due to lack of mitochondria * Carbonic anhydrase: for transport of CO2 into HCO3 Erythropoiesis: * regeneration of new cells in the bone marrow Erythropoietin (hormone): * when kidneys detect not enough 02 they secrete this hormone which stimulates erythropoiesis‚ increasing 02 capacity
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