HLTH 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hypertensive Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Congenital Heart Defect

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Human diseases - hlth 335 - exam 2 notes. Chapter 6 - diseases of the cardiovascular system. Transports deoxygenated blood to lungs to get oxygen. Carries oxygenated blood away from heart to tissues and cells. All body cells receive blood and oxygen. Your heart is the pump that makes all this possible! Heart disease - a disturbance of pump function. Mechanical pump abnormality comparable heart disease. Faulty pump construction congenital heart disease. Faulty unidirectional valves valvular heart disease. Dirty or plugged fuel line coronary heart disease. Malfunctioning pump motor primary myocardial disease. Heart problems are comparable to problems that any type of pump might have Act as restraining gates to control direction of blood flow. Situated at entrances and exits to ventricles. When properly functioning, valves allow blood to flow only in forward direction by blocking it from returning to previous chamber. Arteries = large, thick walled vessels that carry blood away from heart.

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