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| what is the pathway of the bloodflow of the heart? |
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Oxygen poor(tissue capillaries) --> venules --> veins --> right atrium--> right ventricle --> lung capillaries --> left atrium --> left ventricle -->aorta --> arteries --> arterioles --> tissue cappilaries
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/human_heart.html |
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| nipple, covering surface epi |
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| middle or partition mediapartition |
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| poor oxygen supply to tissues and insufficient return of blood to the heart |
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| when blood accumulates in the lungs |
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| inability of the heart to pump its required amount o blood |
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| chestpain caused because there is not enough blood flow going to the heart |
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| hardening of arteries with a collection of cholesterol-like plaque |
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abnormal heartbeat -->
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| local widening f an artery caused by weakening in the arterial wall or breakdown of thw wall from atherosclerosis |
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| food enters the mouth and take what path? |
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| pharyn, esophagus, and stomach to the small intestine |
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| means enlargement. Hepatomegaly (hep- ah-toh-MEG-ah-lee) is the abnormal enlargement of the liver (hepat/o means liver and -megaly means enlargement |
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