Cardiovascular System By: Patricia De La Rosa & Ana Luisa Freiburghaus
Main Organs Heart: Provides force for flow of blood. Blood: Composed of plasma and blood cells. Blood Vessels: Pathways for blood. Arteries Capillaries Veins
Main Functions Transportation of nutrients, gases and waste products. Help maintain a constant body temperature Protection of the body from infection and blood loss. To help maintain fluid balance within the body.
Interesting Facts Big bodies have slower heart rates. The heart needs not a body to beat. Red blood cells are special. In space, blood pools in your chest. The heartbeat is produced by theclosing of the atrioventricular valves.
Cardiovascular Diseases Coronary artery disease Abnormal Heart Rhytms Heart Failure Heart valve disease Congenital Heart Disease Cardiomyopathies Pericarditis Aorta Disease Vascular Diseases
Medical Trends Treatment of Atrial Septum Defect (ASD) Cardiac Catheterization
Acute Myocardial Infarction Interventionist catheter