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    The Circulatory System

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    The circulatory system consists of blood contained in a network of vessels called the vascular system. The above figure is a schematic of the human circulatory system, the heart pumps oxygenated blood from the left side to different parts of the body and returns back to the right side of the heart making a closed loop, this loop is called the systemic circuit. The blood from the heart is pumped into large muscular arteries from which it moves into smaller arteries and finally into the areole from

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    Circulatory Shock

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    Circulatory shock is a syndrome of widespread cellular hypoxia, triggered by a systemic alteration of perfusion and delivery and/or utilization of tissue oxygen, eventually causing end-organ dysfunction and death [53]. It can be subdivided into 4 distinct categories according to its primary pathophysiological mechanism, namely cardiogenic, hypovolemic, obstructive and distributive [54]. In the first 3 types, perfusion has changed as a consequence of the cardiac output decrease, whereas distributive

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    Circulatory System

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    Circulatory system comprises of two main systems. One is cardio vascular system and the other is lymphatic system. The lymphatic system comprises of a fluid known as lymph that circulates within lymphatic nodes, vessels, organs and tissues. Cardiovascular system is also known as vascular system or circulatory system. It functions to circulate blood through out the body and to supply nutrients to maintain homeostasis. The circulated blood transport nutrients and electrolytes for example oxygen, carbon

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    addition, this article makes us to understand that the circulatory system comprises of various organs and vessels which plays a pivotal role in the flow of blood, hormones, nutrients, oxygen as well as gases that enters and leave the cells. More so, this article also bring to our awareness the fact that, the circulatory system comprises of three separate or independent systems that work together. These three independent systems consist of the heart ( cardiovascular), the lungs (pulmonary) and arteries

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    Circulatory System Function

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    Part A Explain the relationship between the structure and function of the following parts of the circulatory system? Blood - The Education portal states that the most important connecting tissues throughout the human body is blood. It is in the category of connecting tissue due to it being made up of non-living fluid in which a living cell is deferred. Plasma which is the blood matrix around the cells makes up 55% of the blood volume within our body. There are three living cells in white blood

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    Tim Taylor, 2012) has argued that cardiovascular system referred to as the circulatory system, is composed of blood within the blood vessels and heart. The function of the heart is pumping the blood through the blood vessels of the body. There are three main functions of the cardiovascular system are: transportation where the heart pumps the blood vessels through the delivery way. It has been argued by (Medical terminology for cancer, 2014) that heart transports the respiratory gases, nutrients

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    Angelfish The circulatory system is the system which pumps blood and oxygen around the body. The Angelfish has a closed circulatory system this means that the blood flows through the blood vessels and that they have the heart to pump blood around the body. The Angelfish has a single circulatory pattern this means that the blood passes through the heart only once during the complete circuit. What happens is that the blood travels from the heart to the gills this is also where the blood absorbs the

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    Daily Activity 1.5: Fetal Circulatory Routes In the fetal circulatory routes blood flows through the fetus that is actually complicated than after the baby is born. The fetal circulatory system it you have to use three shunts, they are a small passages that they direct blood that needs to be oxygenated. The shunts they bypass the lungs, in it moves blood from the right atrium of the heart to the left atrium, and the ductus arteriosus, which moves blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta. The

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    The circulatory system is a vast network of organs and vessels that are responsible for the flow of blood, nutrients, oxygen and other gasses, and hormones to and from cells. Without the circulatory system the body would be unable to fight off infections. It is made up of different systems that work together including the cardiovascular, pulmonary and systemic. In addition to blood, the circulatory system also moves lymph which is a clear fluid that helps to get rid of unwanted material in the body

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    Daily Activity 1.4: Coronary Circulatory Routes The circulatory blood flow is divided into two sections. The pulmonary circulation it consists of blood vessels that are responsible for the transportation of blood through the lungs to be oxygenated and they return the waste gases picked up along the way and then returned through the body blood vessels for the arrival trip back to the heart The pulmonary circuit is a short loop that rapidly oxygenates the blood. It leads from the heart's right half

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