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because all your body needs blood to be able to function
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Where does the heart muscle receives its blood supply from?
The heart muscle is supplied by blood vessels called coronaries.
Arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood?
Yes.
The vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle are?
coronary arteries
What blood vessels carry blood to heart muscle?
Capillaries deliver blood tot he muscle of the heart. In fact, it is about 1 capillary per contractile cell of the heart. These cells require a rich blood supply since they are very active cells.
What is the meaning of the coronary circuit of the heart?
It delievers the blood supply to the heart muscle itself
When does the muscle of the heart gets is blood supply?
Of course heart muscles need a blood supply for the cellular respiratory process as the blood carries the final electron acceptor oxygen which is key to oxidative phosphorylation in humans.
What is the function of the coronary blood supply?
The coronary blood supply is the arteries which supply the heart itself; in order for the heart to function it needs a good supply of oxygen just the same as any other organ/muscle. Without the coronary blood supply the heart would not be able to pump blood around the body, a disruption in this blood supply would cause a heart attack.
What can happen when blood supply to the heart is blocked-?
When blood supply to the heart is blocked what happens is a myocardial infarction which can result in death.
Which blood vessels supplies the heart muscle with oxygenated blood?
Blood is oxygenated in the lungs travels through the pulmonary veins into the heart. The heart muscle itself receives oxygenated blood through through the coronary arteries that branch off from the aorta.
MI is commonly called heart attack damage to cardiac muscle because of a lack of blood supply true or false?
True, a myocardial infarction is the term for a heart attack and is caused by a lack of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.
What is an artery that supplies blood to the heart?
The coronary arteries supply blood to the myocardium (heart muscle).
What is the Lack of blood supply to heart resulting in rapid uncoordinated shuddering of the heart muscle called?
fibrillation
