[PSY3306] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (30 pages long)
7 Feb 2017
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Centre = heart, maintains blood ow through the system. Pressure is higher after the heart beats: systolic pressure, compared to resting = diastolic. Can be caused by a sudden shock or an underlying disease process. Electrical activity: maintains proper functioning, main artery in the aorta, coordinated by electrical patterns, need reliable repeated pattern for proper heart functioning. Damage to the interior lining to the arteries. May lead to an excessive repair process. Can lead to in ammation: chronic = bad. Clotting, cholesterol build up + plaques in the arteries that can restrict blood ow. Can occur in any artery in the body: reduction in blood ow. In hearth = pain = angina: a tightness in the chest or shoulder, a sign of a heart attack, but is not universal, happens more in men. Transforms food via mechanical and chemical process. Breakdown starts in mouth: is broken down.
