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Medical Billing And Coding From The Heart: Circulatory System

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Gail Smith
Medical Billing and Coding
Ms. Cooley
2015 August 19
From The Heart The human heart beats about one hundred thousand times per day, and two and a half billion times over a lifetime. The heart is responsible for pumping blood to the organs, tissues, and cells throughout the body. Blood sends nutrition and oxygen to the cells and carries waste products and carbon dioxide out of the body (From The Heart, 2002). There are two loops that make up the circulatory system. This is the main role that the heart plays in the circulatory system. One loop carries oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygen with the second loop carrying oxygen and food to the tissues and cells (From The Heart, 2002). The heart’s structure helps

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