This is a picture I made to show the basic functions of the heart.
1.) Do Not Smoke.
2.) Take vitamin E because it keeps arteries supple. 3.) Eat healthy foods, such as vegetables or fruits to help keep you healthy. 4.) Exercising, even if it's just a short walk a few times a week. Here I will cover some of the diseases and disorders of the circulatory system.
To start out we'll cover a stroke. So, what is a stroke? A stroke happens when you have blood loss to some or any part of your brain. If your brain tissue does not receive the oxygen or nutrients it dies and you lose brain function. Next are two types of heart failure, right sided and left sided. First we'll focus on left sided which also has two types, backwards and forwards. Forward heart failure is when the left side of the heart is not producing enough blood flow to the rest of the body. When this happens your body is not receiving enough oxygen, since the left side of the heart produces oxygenated blood. This results in fatigue. Another symptom of forward heart failure is decrease urine production, so the body can keep as much blood as possible. Backward heart failure happens when the heart is unable to receive enough blood so you have a back up of blood in the lungs, which leads to congestion; or fluid buildup. This makes you have a difficult time breathing, and you might also cough up pink, bloody fluid, and also you will probably start to gain wight because of the fluid build up. Right sided heart failure is when an insufficient amount of blood is being pumped into the lungs. Just as left sided heart failure there is backwards and forwards heart failure. First off, forwards, this happens when your heart can not get enough blood into your lungs, which results in fatigue. Just as the left side, and so the heart speeds up trying to compensate for the lack of oxygen in the body. Backwards heart failure in the right side is similar to the left in that there is fluid build up but not in the lungs in the body. Because of gravity the fluid tends to gather near you feet so your feet and lower legs swell. Unlike left sided, your urine production increases instead of decreases because of a build up in fluid. Here is a list of most the veins and arteries
ARTERIES 1) Brachiocephalic artery 2) Aorta 3) Pulmonary artery 4) Renal artery 5) Femoral artery 6) Carotid artery 7) Subclavian artery 8) Brachial artery 9) Radial artery 10) Ulnar artery 11) Common iliac artery ______________________________________________________ VEINS 1) Brachiocephalic vein 2) Superior vena cava 3) Inferior vene cava 4) Pulmonary vein 5) Renal vein 6) Great saphenours vein 7) Femoral vein 8) Jugular vein 9) Subclavian vein 10) Cephalic vein 11) Radial vein 12) Ulnar vein 13) common iliac vein Your lungs deliver oxygen to your blood stream. Carbon dioxide enters the right side of the heart with your blood it travels till it reaches the pulmonary arteries, and is then is led to your lungs where the carbon dioxide is traded out for oxygen. When you exhale the carbon dioxide leaves your body, and when you inhale fresh oxygen enters your lungs and then into your blood steam.
The veins from the lower parts of your body deliver blood to the inferior vena cava, and veins from the upper part of your body deliver blood to the superior vene cave.
Both of those lead into the right atrium. After that the tricuspid valve opens releasing blood to the right ventricle. The muscles in the right ventricle contract to force the blood into the pulmonary valve, and into the pulmonary arteries white lead to the lungs. In the lungs carbon dioxide is traded for oxygen The circulatory system is one of the most important systems in your body. It's what pumps blood though your veins and arteries, and delivers oxygen and nutrients to the entire body. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and your veins carry blood back too it. There are 13 parts of your heart which we will cover in a later section, and the lungs are also a major part of this system will also be talked about in another post. we will cover all the parts of this system, and hopefully by the end of this you will have a good understanding of the circulatory system. =)
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