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Bio:Circulatory system:Blood Vessels, Heart - Coggle Diagram
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Heart
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Heart disorders
Hypertension - high blood pressure
- 1/2 of people deal with it
- "silent killer"
- can cause kidney failure blindness, stroke, heart attack
- 2000 per day die
To avoid: fiber, weight, reduce salt ,
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Atherosclerosis - accumulation of plaque in artery, blocks blood flow and damages artery
Can cause:
stroke - blood doesnt go in brain and lacks oxygen
heart attack - part of heart dies due to lack of blood flow
Aneurism - artery muscle stretches to much (balloon)
Treatments:
- heart attack & strokes -t-Pa clot busting
- Megavac sucks blood clot out of blocked artery
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Congestive Heart failure - (#1 reason of hospitalization) overworked heart, stretches heart muscle
Treatments:
- drugs slows heart rate, can cause leg swelling
- heart transplant - uses heart lung bypass machine avg life is 10 yrs after
- artifical hearts
Heartbeat
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Cardiac cycle
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ECG Machine:
P wave = atria
qrs = ventricle
t wave = rests
extrinsic control of heartbeat - brain signals to medulla oblongata to alter heart beat (meidtation)
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Arterial Fibrillation - blood clots, strokes
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