HSC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sinoatrial Node, Blood Sugar, Triglyceride
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Bacterial infection of the heart lining or valves congenital heart defects. Heart defects present at birth congestive heart failure. Fresh blood is pumped throughout the body"s tissues from the left ventricle through the large artery. This region sends electrical signals across the surface of the heart. Which causes heart muscle fibers to contract hypertension high blood pressure cholesterol is an essential component of body cells and is synthesized in the body as well as being obtained from food. When the liver becomes overwhelmed with the amount of ldl being processed, the particles will be free to travel in the blood and could possibly accumulate on the walls of the arteries. Hdl cholesterol particles will scavenge excess cholesterol from the blood and arteries, thereby reducing the buildup of plaques metabolic syndrome. A model that pulls together many of the factors that are shared by people at risk for diabetes, cvd and heart attacks is called the metabolic syndrome.
