HLTH 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Femoral Artery, Radial Artery, Dorsalis Pedis Artery
26 Jan 2018
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Cool or clammy skin that is pale/cyanotic = bluish tint around lips. About the size of a man"s clenched fist. Located in the left center of the chest. Divided by a wall to create the right and left compartments. The heart pumps blood high in carbon dioxide from the right ventricle to the lungs. Oxygen-rich blood is returned to the left atrium from the lungs. Left ventricle pushes oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. Blood flows into the left atrium from the lungs. Blood flows into the right atrium from the rest of the body. Elastic, muscular tubes that carry blood away from the heart. Begin at the heart as two large tubes. Pulmonary artery: carries blood to the lungs. Aorta: carries blood to other parts of the body and divides into capillaries. Oxygen and nourishment pass out of the bloodstream into the body"s cells. In the lungs, carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is absorbed.
