Heart disease‚ strokes and high blood pressure The heart: Our heart is a vital organ; it is a super muscle which constantly pumps our blood around our body at a rate of 40 to 100 beats per minute for a lifetime. It never tires. The heart has two sides which are separated and each side has two chambers. Valves make sure blood can only flow in one direction. The right side receives de-oxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it through the pulmonary artery to the lungs‚ and the
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Identifying and comparing the main components of blood. By Jason T Morrison. Blood‚ what an amazing substance. It has only been since being set this task by one of my tutors‚ Dr C Dublon that I have truly realised how amazing blood really is. Blood is not as some people may think just made up of one component‚ but many different components working together in an almost symbiotic relationship. The average human being carries approximately five litres of blood‚ which is equivalent to about 8% of their
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Blood disorder HCA/240 September 22‚ 2013 Blood disorder Blood is compromise of four main components‚ Plasma‚ red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets. Plasma is a yellow mixture of water‚ protein‚ and salt that carries blood cells‚ nutrients‚ hormones‚ gases and waste. Red cells contain hemoglobin‚ a protein that contains iron. Hemoglobin deliver oxygen to all parts of the body‚ also takes carbon dioxide to the lungs. Platelets are small cells that control the blood. These form
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employees. Over the past 25 years‚ no place has been more perilous for companies than Colombia‚ a country that is finally beginning to emerge from the effects its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments to terrorist groups from 1997 through 2004. The Justice Department began an investigation‚ focusing on the role and conduct of Chiquita and some of its officers in this criminal activity. Subsequently‚ Chiquita entered into a plea agreement that gave them the dubious distinction of being
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off of subsistence agriculture‚ however‚ Diamond mining is considered for half of Sierra Leone’s exports. Diamonds were first discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930‚ and a war broke out between 1991 and 2002 over diamonds that led to the name blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are defined by diamond mining in a war zone‚ that people trade the diamonds for guns so then the diamonds go on to be sold to companies. It was not till January 1999‚ when people all round the world’s eyes were drawn to Sierra Leone
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Physiology II December 3‚ 2011 Heart & Lungs The heart and lungs are two separate organs‚ but are “intimately connected” for the proper function of a healthy body. With the function and purpose of both organs‚ one cannot work without the other. The lungs inhale oxygen‚ and then exhale the carbon dioxide and other wastes out of the body. With the heart‚ it pumps blood through the lungs to pick up the oxygen and deposit the waste from traveling through the body. First we start off describing
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Blood Brother Performance Essay On the 14TH June 2012‚ we watched Blood Brothers‚ by Willy Russell‚ at the Phoenix Theatre. The play ‘Blood Brothers’ is set in 1980s Britain; it deals with numerous themes such as fate‚ the class system‚ insanity‚ superstition and division. The genres of the play are drama‚ tragedy & comedy-to an extent. Something I found particularly interesting was how the genre of comedy became less and less apparent as the play went on‚ whereas the genre of tragedy- became
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Blood Pressure – Making a formal inference We often talk about a person’s “blood pressure” as though it is an inherent characteristic of that person. In fact‚ a person’s blood pressure is different each time you measure it. Blood pressure reacts to stress‚ diet and genetics. Gender | BP | BP1 | BP2 | BP3 | BP5 | BP7 | BP10 | BP15 | diet | female | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 | LowFat | female | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | LowFat | male
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FLOW MEASUREMENT (Venturi meter‚ Orifice Plate and Rotameter) OBJECTIVES To study the characteristics and applications of various flow measuring device (venturi meter & orifice plate). To calculate the volume flow rate of water from the pressure difference of both venturi and orifice devices. To compare between theoretical and actual volumetric flow rate through the discharge coefficient concept. To know how rotameter works. INTRODUCTION The measurement of fluid flow is important in applications
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The heart is the organ that helps supply blood and oxygen to all parts of the body. It is divided by a partition or septum into two halves‚ and the halves are in turn divided into four chambers. The heart is situated within the chest cavity and surrounded by a fluid filled sac called the pericardium. This amazing muscle produces electrical impulses that cause the heart to contract‚ pumping blood throughout the body. The heart and the circulatory system together form the cardiovascular system. Heart
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