BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Snake Venom, Drug Design, Coronary Artery Disease

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

People thought heart was a source of intelligence, emoions, etc. You feel strong emoional responses etc. in your chest. Only organ that moves therefore according to the doctrine of signatures = special. Took people a long ime to igure out how heart works. Described the circulaion of blood, valves, and circulaions. Our history comes from europe not other parts of the world. Heart pumps 2. 6 billion imes during your life. Have a wide impact on your health. 3rd of all heart atacks associated w/ cigarete smoking. Lack of o2 damages the heart and blood vessels. Lifeime of smoking reduces the o2 carrying capacity and weakens blood vessels/heart cells. Diet high in fruits and vegetables in beneicial. Food good for us don"t eat enough of. Increases exposure to the things you need to be healthy. Just by being male = automaically 10x greater chance of geing a heart atack.