Pulmonary edema

tricuspid valve in the right side and the mitral valve in the left side. There are also the pulmonary and aortic valves that originate from the right and the left ventricles. The heart is located in the mediastinum. During embryonic development, oxygenated blood from the placenta flows into the right atrium through the inferior vena cava. Blood from the right atrium flows to the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery then to the DA which…

materials around the body with blood serving as its transport medium. Blood is contained and transported in hollow tubes known as blood vessels. The body has three main types: Arteries, capillaries and Veins. All arteries (with the exception of pulmonary and umbilical arteries) transport Oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. They branch off into smaller structures named arterioles which lead to the Capillaries. In the capillaries the blood exchanges materials (e.g. o2 and…

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a heart condition that children are born with (congenital). The blood vessels that are supposed to carry blood from the lungs to the left side of the heart go to the right side instead. In a normal heart, blood returns to the right side of the heart from all over the body. The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs, where the blood picks up oxygen. The oxygen-rich blood then flows to the left…

To Whom It May Concern: October 29, 2013 As Kapolei High School’s biology teacher I am writing to recommend Stephanie Gutierrez Stephanie was my Biology student for one year 2012-2013. Along with being involved in many school extracurricular activities such as weekly piano lessons and volunteering at the Performing Arts Center of Kapolei, Stephanie was a very conscientious student and always put forth her best effort in class and outside of class. In class she was always eager to…

transports oxygen and hormones throughout our body. Our circulatory system is made up of the heart and blood vessels. They also include arteries, veins, and capillaries. There are two parts to the circulatory system: the pulmonary circulation and the systemic circulation. The pulmonary circulation is a short loop from the heart to the lungs and then repeats. The systemic circulation sends blood from the heart to the other parts in our body and repeats(Durani). Circulation Veins and arteries…

hardest working organ. The cardiovascular system is responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from your body. The main structures of this system is the heart the blood vessels and blood. Delivery of oxygen and nutrients The pulmonary circuit carries blood to the lungs to be oxygenated and then back into e heart in the lungs carbon dioxide is removed from the blood, and oxygen taken up by the haemoglobin in the red blood cells. The systemic circuit carries blood around…

Pericardial Cysts are very rare benign congenital anomalies of the anterior and middle mediastinum with incidence of about 1 in 100,000. 60% are discovered between the ages of 30 to 50 and over 75% of them are right-sided, 22% are left-sided, while the rest are in the posterior or anterior superior mediastinum. Pericardial Cysts are thought to result from the failure of fusion of one of the mesenchymal lacunae that forms the pericardial sac, unfortunately due to the lack of research the true…

Pulmonary Physiology and Disorders One of the main purposes of respiration is gas exchange. The physiological definition of respiration differs from the biochemistry definition of respiration. Physiology defines respiration as movement of air, more specifically oxygen, from the environment to the cells in the body. Biochemistry defines respiration as the metabolic process by which cells utilize glucose and oxygen to produce Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). Inspiration, which is an active part of…

Andy Anderson. Mr. Anderson is 70 years old and was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease over 5 years ago. He is a 2 pack a day smoker and has been since the age of 16. In recent years, his symptoms have become worse. He has a cough that will not go away, as well as wheezing that is relatively constant. His sputum is yellow in color and sometimes can be white,…

patient, he is slightly cyanotic due to the oxygen desaturation as well as edematous from the right-sided heart failure. Aside from the late signs of excess edema and hypervolemia and cyanosis, the…