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Q: What is Cardiovascular Function?

A: The heart refers to an organ that consists of four chambers. It pumps the blood through the group of…

Q: What are the major risk factors for hypertension?

A: Hypertension is the condition in which the blood pressure of a person becomes elevated from the…

Q: What are the characteristic electrocardiographic features of the common cardiac dysrhythmias?

A: Cardiovascular systems include the heart, blood and blood vessels that pumps blood throughout the…

Q: What are the symptoms of Atherosclerosis?

A: Atherosclerosis is a heart disease characterised by the deposition of fatty substances such as…

Q: Which vessels supply blood to the myocardium?

A: The heart of the human has four chambers. These four chambers are the Left and Right atrium, Left…

Q: What is the reason for coloring blood vessels red and blue in drawings? Which vessels are usually…

A: Veins are the only blood vessels that can be visible near the outside of the epidermis since…

Q: What are varicose veins?

A: There are distorted, swollen veins with varicose veins. Any superficial vein may become varicose,…

Q: What does Coronary balloon angioplasty involve?

A: As a result of the deposition of cholesterol or fat or plaques, the diameter of the arteries of the…

Q: What do tachycardia and bradycardia mean?

A: Bradycardia and Tachycardia are two forms of irregular heart rates or arrhythmias. These arrhythmias…

Q: What are atrioventricular valves ? Where they are located ?

A: The human heart has four chambers within it. These four chambers are the Right and Left atria and…

Q: What is the ideal blood pressure?

A: In physiology, the circulatory system is defined as the cardiovascular system which allows blood to…

Q: What is the process of an angiogram?

A: Angiography, angiogram, or arteriograms are terms that describe a procedure used to identify…

Q: What causes heart murmurs?

A: The human body is comprised of various organs and organ framework. There are 11 diverse organ…

Q: Why does bloodflow decrease significantly at the capillaries?

A: Capillaries is a network of vessels which connects the arteries to vein

Q: What does thrombin do?

A: Thrombin is a unique molecule which acts as both Anticoagulant and Procoagulant.

Q: What are the symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease? How can it be cured?

A: Coronary arteries are responsible for carrying blood from the blood vessels to the heart. If a…

Q: What is systemic vascular resistance and what factors contribute to it?

A: In simple words it means resistance to blood flow offered by all the systemic vasculature (except…

Q: What is fibrous pericardium?

A: The heart and the roots of the major heart vessels are enclosed by a membrane known as pericardium.…

Q: Is a thrombus in the external carotid life-threatening? Why or why not?

A: A thrombus is usually blood clot that forms in a vessel .

Q: What is an electrocardiogram (ECG) and how it works?

A: The vascular system is responsible for pumping and supplying blood to all parts of the body. In…

Q: What are veins?

A: The circulatory system consists of three systems that work together; the heart (cardiovascular),…

Q: What is angioplasty

A: When the patient is suffering from a heart attack, the blood flow that brings oxygen to the heart…

Q: What are the valves of thevenous system? What is theirfunction?

A: Blood vessels are the components of the circulatory system, which are essential for transporting…

Q: What are Absolute shunts?

A: *Absolute shunting is defined as when blood flow remains constant while ventilation steadily…

Q: Where does the vascular constriction occur? What are the results in such situations?

A: Blood vessels are tube like structures in which blood flows in closed circulatory system. These are…

Q: What is the pericardial fluid?

A: The human heart is located in the thoracic cavity between the lungs. It is a hollow, fibromuscular…

Q: What is sino-atrial node?

A: The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It is located in the middle…

Q: What is blood pressure and why is it important to stay in the normal range?  What is the normal…

A: The human body is too complex and different parameters are involved in maintaining the homeostasis…

Q: What is atrio-ventricular node?

A: The heart is the most important organ in the body. It is made up of several different types of…

Q: What is the coronary sulcus?

A: Introduction  Heart is highly muscular in nature and composed of smooth cardiac muscles which are…

Q: Why is capillary flow increased with increased mean arterial pressure?

A: Blood pressure (BP) is the force which blood applies to the blood vessel walls in order to move…

Q: What is essential hypertension ?

A: Introduction: Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition in which there is high blood force…

Q: what is a heart murmur and what is its clinical significance?

A: The normal flow of blood through the valves of the heart makes the sound lub-dub. With a murmur, the…

Q: What is bradycardia?

A: Bradycardia is a heart condition which shows a slower heart rate than normal. Generally, elderly…

Hematology

Hematology is the branch of biology. Hematology is the medical field that deals with the treatment of blood disorders and cancers, such as hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia. Hematologists and hematopathologists are medical professionals who specialize in illnesses of the blood and its components.