NATS 1675 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chordae Tendineae, Haemophilia, The Sequence
27 Mar 2018
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Nats 1675 lecture #19 &20 the circulatory system and vascular (blood) tissue. Refer to textbook: figure 5. 1 circulatory system have 3 muscles. Blood is pumped out through the heart. Right side = pulmonary circulation to the lungs. Left side = systemic circulation to the body. This is a complete system: we have a heart [which acts like a pump it is actually 2. It is composed of cardiac muscle only found in the heart and in the aorta. All three muscle types are found in the circulatory system the only system that can. Upper chambers = atria (plural) [atrium = singular] this is a receiving chamber so. Lower chambers = ventricles this is a pumping chamber so it pumps blood to some. The pressure produced by the left ventricle is 5x that of the right. the atria receives blood from some place in the body.
