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Once the heart muscle stops beating, it starts to decompose very quickly. A person can be clinically dead, but still have a beating heart. Sometimes hearts are kept beating after death to sae them for transplant surgeries.
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Where does the heart send used blood?
The heart sends "used" blood to your lungs so that the blood can reabsorb oxygen there. There are no weasels in the lungs.
Can the heart of a person who died from a jellyfish sting be used in a heart transpant?
According to Seven Pounds, YES, a heart can be used after someone has been stung to death by a jellyfish. Tim Thomas committed suicide in the movie in order to give his heart to a woman with a severe heart problem.
What is the purpose of a technetium heart scan?
The technetium heart scan is used to evaluate the heart after a heart attack. It can confirm that a patient had a heart attack when the symptoms and pain usually associated with a heart attack were not present; identify the size and location.
Do you have nerves in your heart?
Yes, but not somatic nerves. Instead the heart is enervated by the autonomic nervous system (used mainly to speed up and/or slow down the heart rate). There is also an internal set of nerves (referred to as Perkingi fibers) that are used to synchronize the beats of the heart.
What is the process used in the entertainment industry to deny work to persons suspected of being communists?
blacklist
What does dead as a doornail mean?
dead as a doornail means it cant ever be used again
Can a deceased persons social security number be used again?
No, the social security number should not be used again. If you are caught, it is a crime and may face jail time.
Why do persons of the same age have different heart rates?
a young persons heart is more recently fully developed giving it a peak advantadge over an old and used up heart
The organs for most transplants are taken from people whose hearts are still beating?
Those people are brain dead and are on life support machines which keep the heart and organs working. If that machine is turned off the persons heart would stop beating. So effectively they are dead but a machine keeps the heart going. If the person has signed the donor register and the next of kin agree then that heart is used to save someone elses life. This is of great comfort to the donors next of kin that they know their death was not in vain.
How do forensic scientists use hair and teeth?
hair and teeth can both be used for identification of a person either dead or alive. Hair contains a persons unique DNA and they can search dental records on a persons teeth
How long after a donor dies can the organs still be used?
An cadaverous organ donor can either be a "heart-beating donor" (aka, brain dead) or a "non-heart beating donor". Those in the first category have suffered a severe head injury, meaning they will never regain consciousness or recover, but their heart is still pumping blood around their body. Whereas those in the other group have suffered some event which has stopped their heart - e.g a sudden cardiac arrest. Those in the "non-heart beating donor" category are never used for heart transplants, since their heart has been the cause of their death; their heart does not work. Only those in the "heart-beating donor" category are used for heart transplants; in these donors, the heart does not stop beating until it is removed from their body - the heart is not "dead" as such, but the donor is brain dead so has no use for a functioning heart. And just because the heart ceases to beat when outside of the body does not mean it is "dead". Possibly your question should be "how long do you get between harvesting a heart for transplant until it becomes unusable?", since using a "dead" heart for a transplant would be utterly pointless. However, if that was your question, you get around 4-5 hours.
What size is the heart at birth?
The size of the human heart in any person is approximately the size of that persons fist. So if you are looking at your own fist that is about the size of your heart. Same size perspective can be used on a new born baby by looking at their hand and seeing what size their fist is. Since all humans are different sizes this is the easiest way to tell what approximate size that persons heart is regardless of age.
Can the heart be donated if the body is dead?
Yes, body parts are often used in transplants when donated with permission by the cadaver or relatives.
Can a embryo grow without a heartbeat?
No. It is dead with no heartbeat. Actually it does, since an embryo has no heart. It is the mother's heart that is keeping the embryo alive. It isn't until it is a fetus until it has a heart. While its heart it not being fully used and has a hole in it that keeps it from fully working, its heart does beat.
Why people declared dead when the brain stops functioning?
Because there's got to be a line somewhere at which point a doctor can say "this person is now dead." It used to be when the heart stopped, but we've since discovered that it's possible to restart the heart if it's done quickly enough.
Root word for the term pericardiectomy?
Peri prefix meaning around or along side ofCardi Root word meaning heartectomy suffix meaning removal or cutting of and removal of a part or pieceDon't be fooled. This does not mean they remove the heart. They could be taking out part of a dead tissue, a blocked vessel or something attached to the heart. It can be used as a term for piercing the cardio sac when it is so filled the heart cannot beat. They release the fluid so the heart can beat again.
Can a person use a deceased persons social security number?
No, the social security number should not be used again. If you are caught, it is a crime and may face jail time.
