blood vessels (arteries‚ veins and smaller vessels) and the blood. The body needs this system to transport oxygen‚ nutrients and waste to the body ’s tissues to maintain homeostasis (active process that maintains a constant internal environment despite external changes). (Tortora 1996) The illustration shows the transport of blood to the body. The arteries and arterioles (Red) and veins and venules (Blue). However‚ there are some exceptions: the Pulmonary veins‚ the Pulmonary arteries and
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Kidney From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Kidney (disambiguation). Kidney | | Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed | Latin | Ren (Greek: nephros) | Artery | renal artery | Vein | renal vein | Nerve | renal plexus | The kidneys are organs that serve several essential regulatory roles in most animals‚ including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as
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system to do this which is composed of the heart‚ blood vessels and blood. The heart consists of four chambers two atria and two ventricles it also has two pairs of valves (atrioventricular valves and the semilunar valves). The arteries‚ arterioles‚ veins and venules have the same tissue layout but different thickness of the tissues is different. It also contains nervous tissue which is under the control of autonomic nervous system controlling whether the heart beat speeds up or slows down. In arteries
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supply or drain. Most named veins will have the same name of its accompanying artery. Review the blood vessels of the various regions of the body listed below. Cranial cavity Head and neck Thoracic cavity Upper extremity Abdominopelvic cavity Lower extremity Some Major Blood Vessels Directions: Complete the table below indicating the area where blood flows based on the blood vessel carrying it. Head Artery Blood goes to (organ/region) Blood comes from (organ/region) Vein Common carotid Right &
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Abstract While esophageal varices is a disease process it is mainly caused by other conditions. Most notably are liver cirrhosis (caused by either alcohol abuse or hepatitis infection) and deep vein thrombosis of the mesenteric or portal veins. Because the only real symptom of esophageal varices is bleeding it is often only diagnosed after an episode of bleeding or as part of a work up for another condition such a liver cirrhosis. due to late diagnosis and the asymptomatic nature of this illness
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P4- Explain the physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in the body. Energy is the strength and ability that is required in order to perform physical or mental activities. There are different forms of energy these consist of: magnetic‚ kinetic‚ heat‚ light‚ gravitational‚ chemical‚ sound‚ electrical‚ elastic and nuclear. The law‚ conservation of energy states that the total amount of energy within a system remains constant at all times‚ although energy within the system
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apex of the heart will be inferior to the base. The superior/inferior left pulmonary veins along with the superior/inferior right pulmonary veins create an X shape on the dorsal/posterior side of the heart. The Superior vena cava lies just superiorly to the right pulmonary veins. Below the right pulmonary veins is where the right atrium can be found. The left atrium is just inferior to the left pulmonary veins. Bordering the left atrium is the coronary sinus. The coronary sinus separates the left/right
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surprisingly it isn’t one race against another. It is black on black racism‚ or more specifically the mulattos‚ having light skinned complexion‚ and the darker skinned blacks. In “The Wife of His Youth‚” there is an organization by the name of the Blue Veins who is supposed to be a society of “colored” people. “Its purpose was to establish and maintain correct social standards among a people whose social condition presented almost unlimited room for improvement.” (The Wife of His Youth 624) Unfortunately
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Name: Date: A&P Cat Dissection Lab Report At the conclusion of the cat dissection‚ you will be required to submit a formal report. The format for this will differ from that of the osteoporosis lab report because the dissection is used as an opportunity to review structure and function for the major systems rather than to test a hypothesis and draw a conclusion. Please the following information as a guideline for compiling the lab report. Only one lab report per group is required
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It will also discuss the therapeutic interventions and in turn evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions applied. Kyna (a pseudonym) was a forty-nine year old lady who was admitted to the ward for further investigations for a suspected deep vein thrombosis. She had never been in hospital before and had no medical or surgical history other than the fact that she was clinically obese‚ with a body mass index of 32‚ and had been attending her GP for hormone replacement
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