compensate for its lack of pumping ability by becoming hypertrophic. This causes the muscle in the heart’s wall to thicken thus improving the hearts pumping ability. (Cadwallader p. 1142). The heart may also increase heart rate to improve output and circulation. The kidneys eventually join in by retaining salt and water to increase volume‚ but this extra fluid can cause edema and further complicate the situation. (Cadwallader p. 1142). Unfortunately‚
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some exceptions: the Pulmonary veins‚ the Pulmonary arteries and the capillaries. The body also has two types of circulations: The Pulmonary circulation takes deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs‚ picks up oxygen and goes back to the heart. The oxygenated blood is then transported to the rest of the body before returning to the heart via the Systemic circulation. During this process blood goes to the stomach‚ intestines‚ spleen and pancreas‚ these have their own set of blood vessels
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Chapter 18 Blood Composition What are the three functions of blood? Transportation‚ Regulation‚ and Protection What makes up the formed elements of the blood? Red Blood Cells White Blood Cells- -Granular leukocytes‚ neutrophils‚ eosinophils‚ basophils. -Agranular leukocytes‚ T and B lymphocytes and natural killer cells‚ monocytes. What is the percentage of total blood volume occupied by RBCs? Hematocrit What is the normal range of hematocrit for adult females? Adult males? women:38-46% males:
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Inhaling these chemicals can harm your body. II. Smoking cigarettes causes many health problems. A. Smoking cigarettes causes Cardiovascular Disease. 1. It causes coronary heart disease witch is the leading cause of death in the United States. 2. It also causes reduced circulation by narrowing your blood vessels. B. Smoking also causes respiratory disease. 1. Smoking causes lung cancer. 2. Lung disease is also caused by smoking. a. It damages
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the next generation from genes. That’s why some people get cancer easier if their family was a disposition towards cancer. Usually‚ the offspring of high blood pressure families get hypertension; the offspring of high blood cholesterol families get coronary heart disease; the offspring of fat or overweight families get obesity. Cancer follows this way‚ too. Second‚ the environment is another important factor to cause cancer. Environment deterioration is more and more severe because of the rapid
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Ligaments.—The liver is connected to the under surface of the diaphragm and to the anterior wall of the abdomen by five ligaments; four of these—the falciform‚ the coronary‚ and the two lateral—are peritoneal folds; the fifth‚ the round ligament‚is a fibrous cord‚ the obliterated umbilical vein. The liver is also attached to the lesser curvature of the stomach by the hepatogastric and to the duodenum by the hepatoduodenal ligament (see page 1157). 17 The falciform ligament (ligamentum falciforme
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Congestive Heart Disease The main function of a healthy heart is to ensure proper blood flow throughout the body and supplying all the organs with the nutrients that are necessary for survival. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is also known as Congestive heart disease‚ but for this paper we will use failure‚ Consistent with the research. Congestive heart failure is a disease that primarily causes the heart to be compromised. This leaves the heart unable to perform the main function of pumping blood
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P4‚M1–Anatomy and physiology by Sushoma Nahar Syed AA29906 My two chosen systems I will be writing about is the cardiovascular system and Digestive system. (P4) the digestion system The digestive system is also known as the alimentary canal from the mouth to the anus. Digestion is a process in which insoluble food is broken down into particles which are made into soluble particles enough to be absorbed and to be used by the body and into the bloodstream. These soluble particles are major
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knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments‚ cures‚ and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly‚ and yet‚ coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world.<br><br>The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse‚ homicides‚ AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths. In fact‚ the number of deaths from heart disease approximately equals to
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Nurses role in the initial assessment and nursing management of a patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction For the purpose of this essay‚ the author will investigate the role of a registered nurse in the initial assessment and management of a patient with acute Myocardial Infarction (MI). This essay will further discuss the anatomy of the heart and how it functions; the pathophysiology and initial signs and symptoms of MI. To achieve this‚ the author has conducted literature review through using
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