Heart located in the Located in mediastinum between lungs Epicardium - serous membrane covering heart Myocardium thick muscular layer of heart wall - provides attachment for cardiac muscle Endocardium smooth inner lining of heart wall smooth Right and left atria 2 superior chambers receive blood returning to heart. Right and left ventricles 2 inferior chambers pump blood into arteries AV valves Ensure one-way blood flow Atrioventricular (AV) valves tricuspid valve - between
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Denita LaRock HCA/240 January 21‚ 2013 Crohn’s Disease Nakki Price Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the bowel tissues. The inflammation begins in the lining of the digestive tract‚ and may spread into the layers of the bowel tissue. This disease causes severe diarrhea‚ abdominal pain‚ and malnutrition. Other symptoms are ulcers‚ fever‚ weight loss and reduced appetite. Abdominal pain‚ blood in stool‚ and unexplained diarrhea or fever lasting more than two days
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Labour relations Labour relations refers to the relations between employers and employees. They are affected by certain factors‚ including labour organizations‚ collective bargaining‚ labour market‚ government policy‚ the structure of the economy‚ labour law and technological change. Since industrial relations are regularly connected with unions‚ it is noteworthy that in Canada‚ until the 1970s‚ a greater part of unions and union members belonged to American-based craft and industrial unions. According
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Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disease that destroys mental and physical functioning in human beings‚ and invariably leads to death. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States. Alzheimer’s creates emotional and financial catastrophe for many American families every year‚ but fortunately‚ a large amount of progress is being made to combat Alzheimer’s disease every year. To fully be able to comprehend and combat Alzheimer’s
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Communicable diseases are those that are spread from one person to another person‚ from animal to animal‚ or from animal to person‚ or vice versa. It is likely that everyone will come down with a communicable disease at some point in their lives. It is important to learn about the causes of communicable diseases and ways to prevent their spread. For example‚ some may say that HIV is caused by sexual contact. This is not true. It is simply the way it is spread. Causes of communicable
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INVESTOR RELATIONS Investor Relations (IR) is a strategic management responsibility that integrates finance‚ communication‚ marketing and securities law compliance to enable the most effective two-way communication between a company‚ the financial community‚ and other constituencies‚ which ultimately contributes to a company’s securities achieving fair valuation. Usually this is handled by the public relations officer and he reports to the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer. This is also called
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Heart Disease Amber Brooks HCS-245 November 26‚ 2012 Tynan Weed‚ Facilitator Heart Disease Heart disease is what is known as the silent killer; to me I believe this whole heartedly. I hold this particular disease close to my heart because I had a lost due to the disease in my family. I had to realize that it must be really serious for the simple fact that it works so silently and could kill off so easily. I did my research on it and I now know the severity of it. Everyone
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 Communicable Disease Chickenpox is one of the many highly communicable diseases. This communicable disease is cause by a virus called varicella-zoster which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted through close contact with the fluids from the blisters or through air wherein the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is regarded as highly communicable for individuals who are exposed to the disease for the first time
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Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of small and medium sized arteries throughout the body‚ including the coronary arteries. Kawasaki disease is also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because it also affects the lymph nodes‚ skin‚ and the mucous membrane inside the mouth‚ nose‚ and throat. Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in Japan‚ where the disease was first discovered. It is a rare childhood disease and occurs mostly in boys than girls. It mostly
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Parkinson disease is a gradually progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Parkinson disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. There are four characteristic problems caused by Parkinson disease‚ including tremor at rest‚ balance problems‚ stiffness‚ and slowness of movement. Parkinson disease occurs when areas of the brain‚ including an area called the substantia nigra‚ is slowly destroyed. The exact reason for this destruction is not completely known
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