CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

There are five main diseases of the carduivascular system: Anemia The condition in which your blood has a lower than normal number of...

The beating of your heart is series of events inside and around your heart, it is basically a cycle in which your hearts chambers relax,...

All blood is made out of the same basic elements, but they are still not completely the same. Blood types are determined by the abcense...

In the left side of the heart blood coming from the pulmonary circuit collects in the Left Atrium, the Left Atrium then contracts when it...

The normal resting heart rate of an adult is from 60-100 beats (bpm). something to keep in mind is that a lower resting heart rate can...

The heart has the function of circulating blood though two circuits, the pulmonary circuit and the systemic circuit, which supplies...

The main and principal function of the cardiovascular system is to circulate blood thought out the body and back so that it can be...

In Function While the arteries channel oxygenated blood away from the heart as it pumps, the veins carry blood back to the heart after...

The tunica intima: It is the innermost layer of the arteries and veins. It contains the endothelium,a simple squamous epithelium that...

Arteries Carry blood away from the heart (always oxygenated apart from the pulmonary artery which goes to the lungs) Arteries face high...

Red Cells or Erythrocytes: They transport oxygen from the lungs to all the living tissues of the body and carry away carbon dioxide....

The heart has 4 chambers. The upper chambers are called the left and right atria, and the lower chambers are called the left and right...

The ancient Greeks, including Galen and Hippocrates, saw the cardiovascular system as two different networks of arteries and veins. Galen...

Transportation: Transport blood to almost all of the body’s tissues. Deliver essential nutrients and oxygen as well as remove wastes and...