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The heart is a pump and move blood through the blood vessels.
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Which structures control the flow of blood through the heart and What governs the functioning of these structures?
Valves and blood vessels control the flow of blood through the heart. The aorta governs the functioning of these structures by being the main artery in the cardiac system.
Why can blood flow freely through arteries?
Arteries are blood vessels taking the blood away from the heart. the heart is a very powerful muscle so blood is ejected out at a high velocity and with high pressure.
What are the health implications of a build up of plaque in the carotid arteries in the neck?
the arteries become narrowed and the flow of blood and oxygen is blocked. Blockages can cause pain in the chest (angina) and eventually, when the blood vessels are occluded (closed up), a heart attack.
What is the Direct cause of heart attack?
A heart attack, called a myocardial infarction in medical terms, is the death of the heart's muscle tissue due to lack of blood flow. The direct cause is a blockage in one of the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle.
What is the flow of blood through your heart and around your body called?
Circulation of the blood
What the cause for theblood to flow through the blood vessels?
Blood doesn't flow through blood vessels, there are blood vessels in your blood known as red blood cells and white blood cells. The red blood cells carry oxygen and the white help fight diseases.Your blood flows through a system of artries and viens.
Why blood vessels have blood?
so that the blood cannot flow the wrong way through the vessels
Does profusion mean the flow of blood through the vessels of an organ?
No, perfusion means flow of blood through the vessels of the organs. Profusion means abundance.
Resistance to blood flow through blood vessels is a function of?
capillaries
What is the Medical term meaning flow through?
Hemodynamic means pertaining to the flow of blood.
How does blood flow from the heart through the blood vessels?
artery- vein- capillary
What is the diagnostic procedure that images the structures of the blood vessels and the flow of blood through these vessels?
duplex ultrasound
What vessels control the flow of blood through the capillaries?
Arterioles.
What conditions might cause blood vessels to change diameter?
Blood vessels can feel the shear stress caused by blood flow. When shear stress increases the blood vessel responds and the diameter becomes larger. Thus in short, changes in blood flow might cause blood vessels to change diameter.
Term for flow of blood through an organ?
The term perfusion is used to indicate the flow of blood by means of vessels of an organ. It is the movement of the blood through the blood streams.
Choose the correct answer.What causes blood to flow through the heart?
the blood vessels
Which term describes the flow of blood through the vessels an organ?
Perfusion
