Clots What are blood clots? Blood is a liquid that flows within blood vessels. It is constantly in motion as the heart pumps blood through arteries to the different organs and cells of the body. The blood is returned back to the heart by the veins. Veins are squeezed when muscles in the body contract and push the blood back to the heart. Blood clotting is an important mechanism to help the body repair injured blood vessels. Blood consists of: · red blood cells containing hemoglobin that carry
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itself)→Right Ventricle→pulmonary semilunar valves→lungs→pulmonary veins→left atrium→bicuspid valve→left ventricle→aortic semilunar valve→systemic circuit. What the valves do: • Prevent backflow into the atria and ventricles‚ ensuring that blood only flows one way through the heart. what vessels bring blood to the heart and take blood away‚ etc... Veins from the systemic circuit bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart‚ while veins from the pulmonary circuit bring oxygenated blood from the lungs
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popliteal nerve can cause numbness‚ tingling‚ pain‚ and weakness in the lower leg‚ ankle and foot. Vascular injury could cause a bleed from either popliteal artery or vein causing a hematoma or blood pool that could cause significant pain in that area. The main types of injury would include soft tissue‚ muscle‚ nerve‚ and artery/vein‚ ligaments and menisci. A skin and soft tissue injury could include a mild contusion with some redness or bruising. Scratches may occur. If there is a deeper penetration
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Phlebotomy May 14‚ 2012 Kimberly Colbert May 14‚ 2012 Phlebotomy Clinic Phlebotomy Phlebotomy- The surgical opening or puncture of a vein in order to withdraw blood or introduce a fluid. Phlebotomists today have the everyday pressure of dealing with all different types of patients. You have infants to the elderly‚ from the passive to the aggressive. With each different type of patient
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Instructor’s Manual for the Laboratory Manual to Accompany Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology Eighth Edition Terry R. Martin Kishwaukee College Instructor’s Manual for the Laboratory Manual to Accompany Hole’s essentials of human anatomy and physiology‚ eighth edition David shier‚ jackie butler‚ and ricki lewis Published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education‚ an imprint
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Left & Right Conus Artery y) What is the name of the vein passing along the inferior portionof the right ventricle? Right Marginal Vein z) What is the name of the vein beginning at the apex of the heartand ascending in the anterior interventricular groove with theanterior interventricular artery? Great cardiac vein. Exercise 6.31) Label the following diagramsaa)Auricle of right atrium bb)Right Atrium cc)Anterior cusp of tricuspid
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Blood Case Studies BIO 169 1. A) The primary disorder of this person is Hemolytic Anemia. That is when the bone marrow is unable to produce more red blood cells to make up for the ones being lost. There are more being destroyed faster and the bone marrow can not keep up. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ha/ha_whatis.html B) The cause of the leukocytosis is that there is an increase in the production of white blood cells and in this case it is the level of lymphocytes that are
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CLINICAL ANATOMY Chapter 1 Summary Anatomy – science of structure and function of the body Clinical Anatomy – study of the macroscopic structures of the body as it relates to the practice of medicine and application to other health sciences Basic Anatomy – minimal study to understand the overall structure and function of the body Painting: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague‚ Netherlands History: Hippocrates
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you pass by or through‚ just like a tour guide would do. Also describe what happens to the meal during the digestion process. Once you arrive at the distal ileum‚ go through the mucosal membrane and enter the bloodstream via the Superior Mesenteric Vein. 2.Now in the bloodstream‚ you
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is ready. The first heart sound is known as the ______________ and the ( lub OR dub ) The second heart sound is known as the _______________ and the ( lub OR dub ) What arteries are responsible for supplying blood to the heart? Coronary veins return blood to the right atrium through what? The conduction system is also know as the __________________ circuit. List the 4 main components of the Conduction system‚ in order: Which of thse is known for being the pacemaker of the heart
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