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What is the blood flow through the heart? |
1. Blood enters the heart thru the inferior and superior vena cava 2. It then flows into the right atrium. 3. Thru the tricuspid valve into the Right Ventricle. 4. It then passes thru the pulmonic semilunar valve. 5. Then thru the pulmonary bed of the R. and L. lungs and back into the left atrium. 6. It then flows thru the bicuspid valve. 7. And into the left ventricle 8. Thru the aortic semilunar valve and into the aorta and systemic vascular system. |
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What is the normal conduction through the heart? |
SA AV BH PF |
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What is endocarditis? What can cause it? |
An inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, It usually involves the heart valves Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae. Endocarditis is characterized by a prototypic lesion, the vegetation , which is a mass of platelets, fibrin, microcolonies of microorganisms, and scant inflammatory cellsInjection of bacteria through dirty needles |
