Cardiovascular system consists of the heart which pumping and transporting blood to the body through blood vessels which is the other part of the cardiovascular system. The blood vessels consist of veins‚ capillaries‚ and arteries. Each one of the blood vessels has a specific function such as arteries which transfer the blood from the heart to the whole body‚ and veins which have the reverse process which carries the blood back to the heart. This is a simple definition of cardiovascular system. Then
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This essay will explain the function of the respiratory‚ digestive and cardiovascular systems and how they work together to produce nutrients and oxygen to the cells for cellular respiration (energy for the body) The first system in the body is the digestive system. When food enters the mouth the salivary glands secrete saliva which mixes with the food. This makes it easy to chew and swallow. Once the food has been chewed enough the food travels down the oesophagus to the stomach. Once the food
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Can Cardiovascular Disease be prevented? Heart disease is one of the leading causes of deaths in the world. The primary factors that contribute to heart disease are age‚ male gender and family history. These factors cannot be changed or avoided but there are several steps that can be taken to prevent heart disease. Heart disease is mostly caused by the food we eat. Fatty foods‚ foods rich in sodium‚ smoking‚ stress and excessive alcohol are some of the causes that contribute to a heart disease.
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The forest lake aquathon consists of a 250 meter swim and a 2.5 kilometre run. A specific training program has been made to improve my weaknesses and work on cardiovascular fitness and endurance. This essay will also evaluate the personal training program that has been created and whether or not it will help improve my fitness. In last year’s aquathon I did not participate‚ but the average time that most students finished were around 20 minutes. There was also a fitness test where students swum
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The Cardiovascular System CHAPTER SUMMARY The importance of the cardiovascular system cannot be overstated. This is one system that students frequently know something about‚ at least from a plumbing viewpoint‚ but they often don’t completely understand the complexity of the system and the magnitude of its tasks. An essential component of presentation of the material is then to outline in detail the role of the cardiovascular system and its significance to all other body systems. This chapter
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Introduction In the United States‚ Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the greatest common cause of death. Cardiovascular Diseases‚ also known as the common heart diseases‚ are any conditions that involve blocked blood vessels that can lead to either a heart attack or other heart problems. The common types of CVD are coronary artery disease‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ and arrhythmia. CVD is a major disease that will not show any symptoms until the disease is at its extreme. Yet numerous adults
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Since nursing is a dynamic profession‚ quality improvement to achieve the best patient care or outcome is very vital to continued care and wellness of our patients. Apart from improving direct patient care which is always the fundamental of nursing‚ technology and informatics has become the “intersection between nursing‚ cognitive‚ computer and information science” (Nunnery‚ 2012). I work in a facility that uses‚ PointClickCare. 99 percent of the nursing charting is done online through PointClickCare
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Cardiovascular System _____________________________________________________________________ The total length of you cardiovascular system stretches an amazing 96‚000km(60‚000 miles) - more than twice around the Earth ________________________________________________ (Human Body 2001) Gas Exchange‚ Transport & Organization of the Body Contents 1. What is the Cardiovascular system 2. The composition and function
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health in two ways. First of all‚ exercise provides to strengthen the cardiovascular health. That is‚ regular exercise decreases the risk of heart attack. In that way‚ exercise improves the circulation of blood. Also‚ the heart pumps a lot of blood through the veins with more than the normal amount of oxygen. Therefore‚ regular exercise is important for cardiovascular health. The second way is that regular exercise helps people to increase
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The purpose of this post is to define the three learning theories and evaluate one theory related to Cardiovascular Disease in my community. The population to be focused on will be a centering group in an outpatient clinic. Lastly‚ listing two teaching strategies for the education of the group. There are three learning theories‚ Humanistic‚ Cognitive‚ and Social (Nies & McEwen‚ 2015). The humanistic theory encourages people to be self-directed and holistic. The cognitive theory is the patient’s
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