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Circulatory System

Circulatory System is the category for questions about the human circulatory system, including questions about the human heart, arteries, and veins.

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How is the pace maker involved in your heart beat?

The pace maker uses electrical impulses to regulate heart rate. It is used when the bodies own impulses from the brain are not able to do the job anymore.

Describe normal skin color and the appearance of the veins in the subject's forearm before any testing was conducted?

Normal skin color is vibrant and looks healthy. The appearance of the veins in the forearm before testing should be blue and smooth-looking.

What kind of circulatory system does the hagfish has?

pretty much the same as any animal with the heart veins arteries and capillaries

How do you achieve circulatory breathing?

What I have heard is that you blow through a straw into water for as long as you can. If you do it enough then you will be able to achieve circulatory breathing.

What is cholesterol and what does it do to the vessels?

Cholesterol is a cellulite substance found in most forms of animal life. It can be divided into two groups: HDL (healthy) & LDL (unhealthy). Low density cholesterol causes formation of plaque, which clogs the vascular system & leads to stroke &/or heart attack. High density cholesterol is produced by the body in humans & aids the vascular system against LDL damage.

Where does heart get energy to pump blood?

From the blood it is pumping, the blood pervades are organs and carries food /energy for those organs to function.

How does the circulatory system work with other body systems?

All organ systems work together in order for a body to function. The circulatory system and the excretory system work together to rid the body of wastes. As blood travels to the kidneys, unneeded materials are filtered out through the rest of the excretory system and the filtrated blood is carried away via the Renal vein. The circulatory system works with the respiratory system by providing red blood cells with oxygen. The nervous system sends messages to the heart that cause it to pump.

Which component of blood allows it to carry oxyen to tissues in the body?

Hemoglobin: the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues

Is circulatory system is important?

Your circulatory system is important because that is what carries blood to and from all areas of your body. Without your circulatory system, you wouldn't make it far.

Can vein carry oxygen rich blood?

The only vein that normally carries oxygen rich blood is the pulmonary vein which carries freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart for distribution to the body. Ordinary veins can have oxygen poor blood but don't carry oxygen rich blood.

A man with a long history of increased blood cholesterol levels has to have part of his carotid artery removed because a blockage has developed there?

If the carotid bodies are removed during the process the respiration rate may not increase as effectively in response to low levels of oxygen. Carotid artery disease occurs when the major arteries in your neck become narrowed or blocked.

Wound Type of bleeding most dangerous?

Any type of wound can be dangerous an run the risk of infection. The most fatal type of wound is one that has punctured a major organ, or severed a major artery.

What are the major organs of the circulatory system?

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The major organs of the circulatory system are the heart, blood, and blood vessels.

How does proper nutrition help the cardiovascular system?

Proper nutrition helps every system in body.

  1. Eating less fatty food causes amount of LDL to decrease in blood. That prevents formation of atherosclerosis/lipid thrombi.
  2. Eating antioxidants (which are abundant in fruits) helps body get rid of minor injury initiating agents which may further give way to cardiovascular-disease development.

While you are alive does your brain ever stop sending eletricity to your heart?

The brain does not send the electricity to the heart. The heart is myogenic which means it can contract and relax without any stimulus from the brain.

What does the respiratory and circulatory system have in common?

Functionally both the respiratory and digestive system are tasked with the extraction of the requirements of metabolism (energy in the form of food, oxygen from the air). On a more superficial level there are certain morphological similarities. Both the digestive system and the lungs have invaginations or folding of the epithelial surfaces in order to maximize surface area.

What are the tiny blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood?

The tiniest blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood are the capillaries. These capillaries form a bed. The arterioles that carry the blood into the bed are high in oxygen. The oxygen is released to the cells. The rest of the bed is low in oxygen and venules carry deoxygenated blood to the veins back to the heart.