Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular Disease is composed of various types of problems due to atherosclerosis‚ which is build up of plaque. The plaque buildup can cause even more difficulties that can lead to heart attack and stroke. Cardiovascular disease can affect the nervous‚ urinary‚ muscular‚ and about every other system in the body due to lack of oxygen rich blood supply to the body. Heart attacks happen when blood flow to a certain part of the heart is blocked off by a blood clot
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EXERCISE 5 Cardiovascular Dynamics O B J E C T I V E S 1. To understand the relationships among blood flow‚ pressure gradient‚ and resistance 2. To define resistance and describe the main factors affecting resistance 3. To describe Poiseuille’s equation and how it relates to cardiovascular dynamics 4. To define diastole‚ systole‚ end systolic volume‚ end diastolic volume‚ stroke volume‚ isovolumetric contraction‚ and ventricular ejection 5. To describe Starling’s Law and its application to cardiovascular
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in oxygen and what effect this has on hematocrit. A DECREASE IN OXYGEN WOULD MAKE THE KIDNEYS PRODUCE MORE ERYTHROPOETIN TO STIMULATE RBC PRODUCTION 8. List the following values from Chart 1: Hematocrit value for male with aplastic anemia = 32 & WBC for male with aplastic anemia = 1% 9. Were the values listed in question 8 within the normal range? Why or why not? 1-4 WAS NORMAL BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. #5 IS VERY LOW BECAUSE THE PERSON HAS APLASTIC ANEMIA
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Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0008-01-01 Purpose Please explain the purpose of this lab. Include in your explanation the major concepts you learned and any safety concerns associated with the lab. Purpose is to understand how the veins and arteries run through the body and how they function while the heart beats‚ where they deliver and drain blood to/from and how the cardiovascular system works together. Lock up the dogs while dissecting. wear face
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Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 1: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. The driving force for diffusion is You correctly answered: b. the kinetic energy of the molecules in motion. 2. In diffusion‚ molecules move You correctly answered: a. from high concentration to low concentration. 3. Which of the following dialysis membranes has the largest pore size? You
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EXERCISE 7: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MECHANICS ACTIVITY 1: Measuring Respiratory Volumes and Calculating Capacities | Answers | 1. Which of the following processes does not occur during inspiration? a. The diaphragm moves to a flattened position. b. Gas pressure inside the lungs is lowered. c. Inspiratory muscles relax. d. The size of the thoracic cavity increases. | C-Inspiratory muscles relax. | 1. During normal quiet breathing‚ about ______ ml of air moves into and out
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declared a worldwide epidemic of cardiovascular disease. Today 720‚000 cardiovascular surgeries are performed each year and accounting for 37% of all deaths in america and as a contributing factor in 21% more deaths in the U.S. population‚ Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. As other countries are exposed to the American diet: high in protein‚ fat‚ sugar‚ dairy and refined flours‚ are experiencing increases in cardiovascular diseases. While it is true that the
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Cardiovascular and Aerobic Exercise Cardiovascular exercises are one of three main types of exercise that include strength and flexibility exercises. This type of activity requires continuous motion of large muscles‚ such as your legs or arms. The exercises that are performed for aerobics are called cardiovascular because they work out your heart and your lungs. This means training the most important parts of your body to work more efficiently and become healthier. One thing that is nice
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As with any high intensity sport‚ there are many cardiovascular benefits of basketball. Between bouts of running‚ jumping‚ dribbling‚ and bouts of rests‚ kids are participating in total body interval training without even realizing it. Interval training boosts aerobic capacity‚ energy levels‚ and metabolism‚ which in turn helps kids concentrate more in school. The ability to control our limbs in space may come naturally‚ but being able to pass and shoot with precision during a basketball
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The digestive‚ respiratory and the cardiovascular system are all interrelated in order to make the human body work effectively and efficiently by working as an orchestra. The cardiovascular system and the respiratory will work together in order to perform the gas exchange which is passing of oxygen from the alveoli into the blood flow and then the carbon dioxide passes trough the blood flow and is breathed out from the body. This means oxygen (in) CO2 (out).
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