cardiovascular system is also called the circulatory system, including the heart, blood vessels, blood. It is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the cells, the transport of carbon dioxide and…
Detox diets are thought to prevent chronic diseases, such as arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. 2. People who try a detox diet often find it can improve toxicity symptoms such as fatigue, joint pain, headache, pain, premenstrual syndrome, unhealthy skin, poor concentration, anxiety and irritability, frequent colds, heartburn…
CC Sore throat and congestion. Lesion on left toe. Puncture wound. Poison ivy. S The patient is a 19-year-old gentleman who tells me he has been having a sore throat and congestion for the past two weeks. He was also having a cough that would wake him at night. He states the cough now is better but he continues with copious rhinorrhea and postnasal drip. He also has a tickle in his throat, but it does not feel severe. He denies any fevers. The patient wants me to look at a lesion on…
It test how well you inhale and exhale, and it also test how much air your lungs take in with each breath. To perform this test, an instrument called a spirometer is used which measures the volume of air moving in and out of the lungs during pulmonary ventilation. When given this test a person can be standing up or sitting down but whichever one that person must remain in that position throughout the whole test. The person cannot change positions because that will mess of the results from the…
states surrendered, photographic images of Lee showed a rapid age progression. Several sources indicate that he seemed to age 10 years in a matter of months. The war had taken a huge toll on the general. His age combined with more frequent ischemic heart disease related symptoms led to his death on October 12,…
2004); (ii) an increase in lactate elimination from the muscle; (iii) lactate transportation to other tissues (liver, heart, muscles) where it can be oxidized or used as a substrate for glucose resynthesis; or (iv) a combination of these 3 factors (Gollnick et al. 1986; Neric et al. 2009). Several studies have suggested that maintaining a level of activity, even low, generates…
waste. The elements of the system include; The Heart The heart acts as a muscular pump which is divided into 4 different chambers, the heart's main function is to pump the blood around the body. It pumps deoxygenated blood through the veins, to the lungs for oxygenation which can then be pumped into the various arteries. The transported blood therefore transports oxygen, hormones and nutrients to body tissues. The four chambers in the heart are known as the right atrium, left atrium,…
Organ Transplants Introduction Topic: Organ transplants Purpose statement: I want to educate my audience about organ donation matching process, the requirements to donate and to receive organs, and how donations can be found. I. The need of an organ. A. The history of organ transplants. B. How organ transplants can save your life. II. Today I wanted to inform you about the organ donation matching process and the requirements to donate and receive organs and how donations can be found Intro:…
Alexia Gillis Midterm Case Study 1. A hemorrhage is an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel. A fracture is any loss of continuity of bone. Proximal is situated close to or nearest the point or attachment or origin to the trunk of the body. Diaphysis is the shaft or central part of a long bone. 2. The humerus is a long bone located in the upper arm. It is classified as a long bone because the bone is longer than it is wide. The occipital bone is located on the posterior inferior part…
nose and throat, and they lodge deep in our lungs into our cardiovascular system. PM 2.5 aggravate diseases like asthma and bronchitis, and increasing coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath (SLC, 2015). PM 2.5 also can aggravate heart problems, like congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease (SLC, 2015). Children are affected the most because they are still developing and breathe more rapidly than adults. People might think that inversion does not affect them directly, but the…