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    1967, the world’s first heart transplant was performed (Ehtuish, N.D). With this heart only lasting in the patient for a total of 2 ½ weeks, scientists knew that that they were on the brink of being able to provide a permanent, sustainable heart to a medically unstable patient. In the 21st century, heart transplantation is now considered to be a modern miracle; being able to remove a heart from a no longer living person and transplant it into the body of someone whose heart no longer functions properly

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    4 Amazing Benefits Of Jazzercise written by: manselecter There are such a large number of advantages of Jazzercise we would require two online journals to make our point. This move based workout schedule highlights hour long classes that blend move, resistance preparing, Pilates, yoga, kickboxing and Latin-style developments set to well-known music. Any activity is useful for weight administration, however this fun option is not just exciting it will make them move and sweating right away.

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    1. The rib cage shields both the lungs and the heart from any danger. The skull also functions to protect the brain from dangerous collisions. Another bone that helps protect an organ is the pelvic girdle. It protects the bladder and several other organs from both the reproductive and urinary system. 2. An open fracture would affect the body’s homeostasis more than a closed fracture because it breaks through the skin. In a closed fracture, the body only worries about the fractured bone, but in an

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    When most people hear broken heart they think a bad breakup right? Well that’s not the only way broken heart can be used, it can also be used a literal sense, like when talking about an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). An Atrial Septal Defect is a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. There are symptoms and ways to diagnose ASD. Also what happens if you do not treat ASD. There are many ways to treat ASD. Most people with ASD do not show symptoms and seem as if they are healthy

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    the blood. Therefore your heart constantly requires to pump oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body muscles and carry back the CO2. the independent variable would be exercise, leaving the heart rate as the dependent variable; thus it is the one that it affected. This lab was to fully understand how the heart is affected by exercise.During exercises, more ATPs are required and hence more glucose is broken down, therefore more oxygen is required. therefore the heart needs to pump oxygenated blood

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    large substances such as molecules of fats and oils are broken down by an Enzyme called lipases into fatty acids, which is used and stored as energy. For example, when an athletic swimmer swims for a long time, they are due to run out of energy because they naturally get exhausted; hence, the body tends to use the stored energy in the muscles (fatty acids) to get the athlete energised again. Also, large substances such as, proteins are broken down by enzymes called proteases into amino acids, which

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    Japanese, “tako-tsubo” means “fishing pot for trapping octopus,” because the LV of a patient diagnosed with this condition resembles that shape” (76). To better explain this, the x-rays taken of the heart from patients with takotsubo show a narrow neck with a ballooned lower portion. These x-rays of the heart closely resemble the Japanese takotsubo, which is a ceramic pot they use to trap octopus in (Sharkey e460-e461). Dr. Arantza Manzanal explains how takotsubo was initially described “as a syndrome

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    In "The Story of an Hour," I can relate to so many different things that go on in this short tragic story. After reading the story I almost felt like Louise Mallard and I were living the same life with different events and a different outcome. Everything about the two of us comes down to being always misunderstood and just wanting to be free. In the beginning of the story, we look at Louise Mallard from a bird's eye point of view. Louise is introduced as a devoted young wife who has been told

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    The heart is what keeps all of us living organisms alive. The heart is located in the left side of our chests as humans. The heart is a complex organ with a variety of different parts. The primary function of the cardiovascular system is cell metabolism. Basically glucose needs to be broken down to ATP which runs the chemical reactions in the body. The primary purpose is to get the nutrients to the cells as well as the gas and get rid of waste. It is a supplying the cells the needed recourse to carry

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    eventually restrict the blood flow to various parts of the body including the heart and brain. But lupus increases the chances of heart attacks associated with atherosclerosis 7 to 9 times. Pericarditis occurs in 25% of people with SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) It is the swelling and irritation of the pericardium which surrounds the heart. When this thin membrane becomes irritated, it leaks fluid around the heart. A third, but certainly not the last is Endocarditis. In this condition, there

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