EXCI 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Pulmonary Valve, Pulmonary Hypertension
9 Feb 2017
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The cvs: the system that supplies our body"s transportation needs, we need such a system to make sure that: Each cell is surrounded by fluid that is constantly replenished with oxygen, water, and nutrients as they are used up by a cell. Waste products are removed from extracellular fluid as they are released from cells: a circulating stream of blood can pick substances from various parts of the body and deliver them to others: Allows the body to move substances around in a way that helps maintain a relative constancy in the internal environment: Critical to maintaining a homeostatic balance in the body: cardiology, the study of the heart, components, heart, blood, blood vessels. Function, location, and size: the heart, hollow muscular organ: About the size of a closed fist and weighs less than 1 pound. Sits in the chest within the mediastinum (between the two lungs):
