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MAJOR COMPONENTS
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 BLOOD
 BLOOD VESSELS
 HEART
BLOOD
BLOOD FUNCTIONS
COMPONENT
Give blood its colour
Red blood cells Carry oxygen to organs
Carry carbon dioxide away from
organs
White blood cells Part of body immune system
Help fight infection
Plasma Fluid that carries the blood cells
and nutrients
Platelets Essential for the formation of
clots
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BLOOD VESSELS
 ARTERIES
 VEINS
Major Arteries and Veins
 Aorta  Superior vena cava
 Pulmonary  Inferior vena cava
 Carotid  Pulmonary
 Femoral  Jugular
 Brachial  Coronary
 Radial  Dorsalis pedis
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 Vascular System
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 Aorta
 ascending thoracic
 descending thoracic
 abdominal
 Vena cava
 superior
 inferior
 Carotid Subclavian
Axillary
Aorta Brachial
Iliac Radial

Femoral Ulnar
Popliteal
Dorsal Pedal
Posterior Tibial

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 Internal Jugular
External Jugular
Subclavian
Superior Vena Cava
Axillary
Inferior Vena Cava Iliac

Femoral

Major Veins Saphenous

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 Blood Vessels
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 Arteries
 Arterioles
 Capillaries
 Venules
 Veins
 The Circulatory System
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 The Heart
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 Blood Flow
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(mitral valve)

Chordae tendinae
 Anatomy Review
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Parietal - pericardial sac

Pericardial fluid
 Circulation of blood in the Heart
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 Circulation of blood in the Heart
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 Cardiac Cycle
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Diastole
Systole
 Physiology of the Circulatory
System
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 Pulse
 Forceful pumping of blood out of the heart
 Blood pressure
 Amount of force exerted against walls of arteries
 Systole: Muscles contracts
 Diastole: Muscles relax
SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC
 Systolic value is the  Diastolic value is the
pressure in the artery artery when the
when the ventricles ventricles are at rest
contract

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Electrical Conduction System
 SA node
 AV node
 Bundle of his
 Bundle branches
 Purkinje network

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 Electrocardiogram
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 Relationship of the
ECG to Electrical
Events in the Heart
 ECG Components
 P Wave
 QRS Complex
 T Wave
 U Wave
 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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 The Electrocardiogram
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Coronary Circulation
 Usually thought of as 3
arteries
 Left (Main) Coronary
Artery
 Left circumflex artery
 Left anterior descending
artery
 Right Coronary Artery
 Areas affected
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Normal Heart Rates

Adult 60-100 beats/min

Children 100 – 120 beats/min

Infants 120 -140 beats/min

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