SURFACE VIEW OF HEART Position‚ Shape and Size of the Heart: The human heart is located between the lungs in the thoracic cavity (i.e. it is not situated on the left side of the chest). The heart is a hollow‚ fibro-muscular organ and is somewhat conical in shape. It is about the size of one’s fist‚ measures about 12 cm in length and 9 cm in breadth. Its weight is about 300 g in an adult. The heart is enclosed in pericardium (a double- layered membranous sac). It protects the heart from mechanical
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Cholesterol: A Patient Conversation Name SC121 October 27‚ 2014 Hello Mr. Brown‚ My name is Jane and I am your PA today otherwise known as a Physician’s Assistant. The doctor had ordered some test for you and I am going to go over your results and explain to you what each of them mean. If you have any questions please feel free to stop me at any time. First we will start off with your Triglyceride level and it was 145 mg/dl. Your Triglycerides is fat in the blood and they are used to provide
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those who commit harmful deeds and expect to feel glory instead of feeling guilty. In other words‚ those people will surely be surprised to find that guilt is following closely behind‚ lurking in the dark shadows of their heart. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ The Tell-Tale Heart‚ presents the reader with a main character much like this. In this story‚ there is a troubled man who has been stereotyped as a crazy person in the past. However‚ he insists that he is not; he is simply advanced in his senses
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Throughout the novel Heart of Darkness Conrad uses the motif of the heart to thoroughly explain how dark people and places really can be. Conrad uses the heart as a symbol for the entire continent of Africa. The heart is also used to show what the heart of mankind truly is. Another use of the heart is as a representation of the inner station‚ which shows the darkness of exploitations through Kurtz. The different uses of the heart are amplified through such literary devices as irony‚ imagery‚ and
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The Shifting Heart Essay The Shifting heart is set in 1956 in the working class suburb of Collingwood‚ Melbourne. The play addresses racism treatment towards immigrants in post war Australia. Refugees were given jobs as labourers. The play is written as a response to the violent death of a polish immigrant‚ who violently took his own life at Christmas. The play itself is also set on
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Prioritizing Patient Safety Patient Safety – Start up: “Patient safety” the new mantra is now revealing out its structure as a major component to be concentrated by the health care providers. Patient Safety that emphasizes the reporting‚ analysis‚ and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. Lack of patient safety – the silent killer having its impact more than any other disease or traffic accidents and it is holding a record of leading position
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Patient independence The level of Independence varies for different patient because everybody has got their different experiences at some point. Everyone will require care at some points during which one loses the independence due to inability to do things that one would otherwise be able to do. In 2006‚ the Government White Paper which was issued emphasises the importance of independence – It was called Our Health‚ Our Care‚ Our Say – it explains what they should expect from healthcare professionals
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walled tubes forming part if the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all the parts of the body 4. Bundle of His Collection of heart muscles specialized for electrical conduction 5. Capillaries Any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules Heart vocabulary: Inferior vena cava A large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart from the lower body Left atrium Receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary veins
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Heart disease in the United States is responsible for the death of five times as many women than is breast cancer yet many women are not aware of this fact. In addition‚ over four million Americans have congestive heart failure that costs the health care system over $10 billion annually. Regardless of the high risks of heart disease and failure which are reported‚ researchers have found that exercise and other preventative methods can reduce the risk of heart disease by 50 percent and exercise applied
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INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS and TECHNOLOGY (SIBTECH) In consortium with RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (RTU) ADVANCED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT REACTION PAPER THE HEART OF A TEACHER As I leaned on my headboard‚ I found myself heading towards the enjoyment of reading this article about how the real teacher teaches with his/her heart in the classroom. And so I started reflecting on what kind of a teacher I am. Teaching at first has not come in my wildest dream but since the family whom I came
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