PSL301H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cytosol, Diastole, Sodium-Potassium Alloy
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The heart is the size of the fist & it pumps blood thru the body. It pumps 1/sec and 200 times a min. Diseases can affect the heart thru high heart rate, and diseases that affect the cardiovascular system. The heart releases peptides that changes bp and it can respond to bp appropriately. Blood vessels are pipes allowing blood to flow thru the body, they resist the movement of blood. Blood is important for moving metabolites to different parts of the body. What stops us from working out if how much co2 there is in the body. Pulmonary system carries deoxygenated blood to the heart where it gets oxygenated. Pulmonary system is the right side of the heart that pu(cid:373)ps i(cid:374)to the lu(cid:374)gs. Coro(cid:374)ar(cid:455) (cid:272)ir(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374) feeds the heart, it"s the arteries. These arteries is where most heart attacks happen. The heart is in a sac called the pericardium.
