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  • Thumbnail for Heart
    The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. Heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory...
    144 KB (17,016 words) - 04:01, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Circulatory system
    circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or...
    51 KB (5,790 words) - 10:08, 16 November 2024
  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland...
    9 KB (790 words) - 17:04, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood pressure
    Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood...
    84 KB (8,932 words) - 21:31, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood vessel
    supplied with blood vessels and are termed avascular. There are five types of blood vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart; the arterioles;...
    24 KB (2,554 words) - 22:38, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hypertension
    known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually...
    133 KB (13,919 words) - 05:15, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart failure
    in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF typically presents with shortness...
    143 KB (15,593 words) - 09:45, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coronary circulation
    circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). Coronary arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac...
    16 KB (1,977 words) - 06:58, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood
    circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In animals with lungs, arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled air...
    60 KB (6,801 words) - 13:04, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiovascular disease
    involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure...
    137 KB (14,469 words) - 14:14, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atrium (heart)
    two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system. The blood in the atria is pumped into the heart ventricles through the atrioventricular...
    24 KB (2,579 words) - 13:37, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart sounds
    by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. Specifically, the sounds reflect the turbulence created when the heart valves snap shut...
    22 KB (2,592 words) - 02:41, 12 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart valve
    biological one-way valve that allows blood to flow in one direction through the chambers of the heart. A mammalian heart usually has four valves. Together...
    22 KB (2,632 words) - 18:51, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hypertensive heart disease
    Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart. While there are several definitions of hypertensive...
    24 KB (2,174 words) - 20:31, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artificial heart valve
    mitral and aortic valves) which open and close as blood passes through the heart. Blood enters the heart in the right atrium and passes through the tricuspid...
    35 KB (3,973 words) - 12:54, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coronary artery disease
    also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), is a type of heart disease involving the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac...
    107 KB (10,940 words) - 23:22, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiac cycle
    refills with blood, called diastole, following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called systole. After emptying, the heart relaxes and...
    20 KB (1,882 words) - 06:22, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heart murmur
    Heart murmurs are unique heart sounds produced when blood flows across a heart valve or blood vessel. This occurs when turbulent blood flow creates a sound...
    24 KB (2,934 words) - 12:43, 30 May 2024
  • that includes the pumping and channeling of blood to and from the body and lungs with heart, blood and blood vessels. Angina Acute coronary syndrome Anomic...
    5 KB (476 words) - 12:58, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ventricle (heart)
    toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The blood pumped by a ventricle is...
    20 KB (2,368 words) - 12:32, 31 July 2024
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