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    Cardiovascular physiology is an enormous factor when it comes to surviving. The physiology of the heart includes how the heart works, impulses that come to the heart, as well as how blood is able to enter and travel through the heart to keep us alive. Although the physiology of the cardiovascular system explains how the heart functions, there is also a very serious disease that occurs in the heart which is known as heart disease. This diseases can be very fatal, and it's caused by actions people

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    blood. Blood is a red liquid that circulates throughout the body through arteries and veins. This red liquid is pumped through the arteries and veins by the heart. Cardio- is a prefix that means heart. So, putting two and two together, the cardiovascular system pertains to the heart. The following essay will break down how the blood and heart function in the body. Blood is carried through arteries and veins, this allows for oxygen to be brought to tissues and for carbon dioxide to be taken away

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    Physiological Effects of Exercise on the Cardiovascular System. The cardiovascular system also known as the circulatory system is the key system of the horse’s body. When getting a horse fit this system needs to be developed in order to increase the horse’s capacity to draw in oxygen, transport oxygen to the muscles for energy, remove waste products and make the muscles; in this case, cardiac muscle of the heart, become more durable and strong. Heart Rate: Where the heart becomes enlarged when undergoing

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    The cardiovascular system (Fig 1) is vital for the function and survival of the human body, it consists of three independent systems that work together; the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. The cardiovascular system delivers essential nutrients; amino acids, hormones and oxygen to cells, whilst also removing waste; carbon-dioxide. The heart, a muscular pump, propels oxygenated and deoxygenated blood throughout the body via networks of arteries and veins; delivering oxygen and nutrients to the body’s

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    Introduction: The cardiovascular system is composed of the blood, the blood vessels, and the heart. The cardiovascular system serves to transport nutrients, hormones, and oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Blood is slightly basic and is usually 7.4 pH. In the blood, carbon dioxide is in equilibrium with carbonic acid. This means that the more carbon dioxide in the blood, the more acidic the blood is. The reason the carbon dioxide is removed is to keep the blood from becoming too acidic. Oxygen, in

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    Introduction The cardiovascular system is vital for all terrestrial organisms. In human or mammalian cases, the circulatory system has two main circuits. The pulmonary circuit carries blood to the lungs to allow for gas exchange which makes oxygen rich blood which then flows back to the heart. The other circuit, systematic, carries oxygen rich blood to the rest of the organs in the body where it then takes the oxygen poor blood back to the heart to be recycled again. When the body is under stress

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    human body is not simply just an organism, or just body. The body is comprised of many different systems. Although these systems all work together with one common goal, to maintain homeostasis, perhaps there are not two systems that work more closely together than the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. Although the entirety of each body system has a generalized common goal, these two systems share a relationship. The both focus on providing oxygen to the blood, and then ensuring that

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    The respiratory system and the cardiovascular system work together to ensure the organ tissues receives oxygen. The air we breathe in transport to the blood. The two systems work together to remove carbon dioxide which in the end is the waste product. Deoxygenated blood flows into the right atrium and into the right ventricle then it is pushes the blood blood to the pulmonary valve and into the pulmonary artery. The blood is brought back to the heart deoxygenated and into the left side of the heart

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    When exercising, the immediate effects within the cardiovascular system, involve the fact that the heart contacts more often increasing the heart rate. This is because active muscles require more blood than resting muscles. The heart also contracts more powerfully meaning that there is an increased stroke volume. Blood is directed to the muscles and the blood temperature rises. Blood vessels near the skin open which allows heat to be lost. However, when someone exercises regularly, the heart muscle

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    Cardiovascular System: Blood Laszlo Vass, Ed.D. Version 42-0007-00-01 Purpose Explain why you did this lab and what if any safety precautions needed to be followed. For this lab I had to prick my finger, then with the bleach solution I had to dab it and then carefully drop the blood on the slide. Once I was finished I had to take the second slide and smear the blood. I had to let the slide dry. Then I had to prick my finger again and make 3 more slides. Then I had to mix the chemical

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