Ventricle

Were the human body compared to a machine by today’s standards, it would be considered something of a marvel that is far ahead of its time. In addition to bringing together multiple systems to work as one cohesive unit, it also has the ability to independently maintain relative amounts of consistency and constancy within and between these systems. Comparatively speaking, if a computer is infected by a virus the user typically has to manually diagnose and remove the virus, but if a person is…

Pathophysiology Older adult patients customarily have less brain weight than a younger person thus elderly people have an increased amount of space in the skull. As aging continues the cerebral sulci widen in turn narrowing the gyri and enlarging the ventricles in the brain. Alzheimer’s causes an accelerated reaction compared to person the same age without the disease.…

from the right atrium the flows through the tricuspid valve. Upcoming the blood flow goes through the right ventricle, to the pulmonary valve, succeeding to the pulmonary artery than to the right and left lung. On the left side of the heart we have pulmonary veins the blood flow continues to the left atrium, through the bicuspid valve. The following the blood goes through the left ventricle to the aortic valve, than to the aorta, to the rest of the whole body. The heart is a very complicated…

cephalic presentation. Fetal biometry is consistent with dates. Measurements are fairly symmetrical. A detailed anatomic survey noted suspected agenesis of the corpus callosum with absence of the CSP and colpocephaly of the anterior horns. The ventricles…

Blood pressure is expressed by a systolic pressure and diastolic pressure and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Systolic pressure is the maximum pressure during ventricular contraction of the left ventricle while diastolic pressure is the minimum pressure used when the left ventricle relaxes. The differences between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure is called pulse pressure. Normal blood pressure ranges for an adult falls between 90/60 mmHg - 120/80 mmHg.…

cardiomyopathy may be idiopathic or due to a secondary source like amyloidosis or a glycogen storage disease. It is a significant cause of heart failure and symptoms include dyspnea, fatigue, edema and shortness of breath. On an echocardiogram, the left ventricle is well preserved with normal wall thickness and systolic function. However, the ventricular walls become stiff causing diastolic dysfunction and elevated filling pressure. Atrial enlargement then occurs, along with valvular…

When a blood pressure reading is taken, the systolic over diastolic value is determined. Systolic pressure is defined as an aspect of a blood pressure reading which indicates the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. On the other hand, diastolic pressure is defined as the pressure exerted on the walls of the blood vessels during the refilling of the heart. To achieve optimal results, I took my mom’s and I blood pressure following the steps…

Introduction of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors LeMone & Burke (2011) stated that in other to accurately discuss angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, it is very important to first of all briefly discuss about the three forms of angiotensin. Angiotensin I is produced by the action of renin on a protein called angiotensinogen, which is formed by the liver. Angiotensin I is then transformed into angiotensin II in the blood by the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme ACE.…

Complications Cardiac catheterization is categorized as an invasive procedure that involves the heart, its valves, and coronary arteries, in addition to femoral artery which is a large artery. Cardiac catheterization complications can be classified in to cardiac and vascular complications.…

This can be caused by poor venous flow especially in the lower limbs due to either a deep vein thrombosis. Also, increased venous pressure caused by congestive heart failure ( right ventricle), this also causes a reduction in blood flow to the kidney. This then leads to retention of sodium and water, which then leads to the increase in blood volume. Happens when there is a decrease in osmotic plasma pressure which is set by albumin produced…