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    Low Molecular Weight Heparin Paper Low molecular weight heparin is typically used for patients who need to be treated for deep vein thrombosis. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot (thrombus) in a deep vein usually in the legs. These clots are dangerous because they can break loose‚ travel through the bloodstream to the lungs‚ and block blood flow in the lungs (pulmonary embolism). There are many reasons why clots form in a patient. Mainly

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    Fetal Blood Flow

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    developing maternal blood supplies the oxygen‚ blood‚ and nutrients to the fetus and takes away the waste. The exchange of maternal blood and fetal blood to the fetus happens through the placental membrane and the umbilical cord vessels. The umbilical vein goes into the body through the umbilical ring‚ and half of the blood running though it goes to the liver and the rest goes to the ductus venous. It joins with the inferior vena cava. Blood goes to the fetal right atrium from the inferior vena cava

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    Aneurysms

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    atherosclerosis‚ and arteriovenous malformation. Some that are less common‚ but do occur would include drugs‚ infection‚ and trauma. Dissecting aneurysms occur when blood enters a vessel wall through a rupture in the intima‚ which is the inner lining of vein or artery. The damage in dissecting aneurysms varies greatly depending on the damage it has already caused. These are the weakest aneurysms‚ because they don’t leave the premises of the parent vessel. There are cases were dissecting aneurysms cause

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    A&P 203- Study Guide (Review) for Practical #2 Blood Vessels 1. Identify Arteries and Veins on checklist on: Torso model Blood vessel Flat board 1/2-size Muscle Figure Arm and Leg models Life size Wall Chart. 2. Slides - Identify artery‚ vein‚ capillary and aorta. - Identify the three tunics (wall layers) in all vessels and the tissue that composes each tunic. Tunica interna (intima)- endothelium (simple squamous epithelium) Tunica media- smooth muscle Tunica externa

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    Arteries Have a thick wall Have a small lumen Carry blood AWAY from the heart Don’t have any valves Veins Have a thin wall Have a large lumen Carry blood TO the heart Have valves Capillaries lets the exchange of gas to take place it’s one cell thick The Blood The blood is made up of 4 parts‚ the white blood cells‚ red blood cells‚ plasma and platelets

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    more oxygen. The pump on the left hand side receives oxygenated blood and then pumps it into the arteries to deliver its oxygen around the body. The deoxygenated blood enters the top right chamber of the heart‚ named the right atrium‚ through two veins. Blood from the upper portion of the body‚ like the head and arms‚ flows in through the superior vena cava. Blood from the lower body‚ which are the legs‚ comes in by the inferior vena cava. The blood that is in need of oxygen is forced to leave the

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    cells and tissues. Waste substances flow from the tissues and cells into the blood for disposal. The capillaries join and enlarge to create tubes that eventually become veins‚ which take blood back to the heart. Vessels carrying oxygenated blood (usually arteries) are shown in red and those carrying deoxygenated blood (usually veins) are blue. The cardiac muscle of the heart wall depends on a constant flow of blood supply by the coronary arteries. Coronary arteries are blood vessels that arise from

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    pttls level 3

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    outcomes Power point Handouts Demonstrating Listening Taking notes Questioning Questioning 09.45- 09.54 9mins OBJ:to demonstrate the sites of venipuncture LOC: learners will be able to identify the safe sites of the veins to

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    Athens. Both scientists base their models of respiration and blood distribution in the body from technological-ladenness of observation. Erasistratus proposes that heart uses force propulsion to distribute air and blood throughout the arteries and veins. His concept focuses on “the filling towards what is being” emptied‚ making the body a quasi-pneumatic machine. Erasistratus believes that blood and air distribution underwent a unidirectional flow (rather than a circulatory one). His model has its

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    R E V I E W S H E E T 32 Print Form Anatomy of Blood Vessels Microscopic Structure of the Blood Vessels 1. Cross-sectional views of an artery and of a vein are shown here. Identify each; and on the lines to the sides‚ note the structural details that enabled you to make these identifications: artery (vessel type) vein (vessel type) open‚ circular lumen (a) (a) somewhat collapsed lu thinner media (b) thick media (b) Now describe each tunic more fully by selecting its

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