Biology
- Connective Tissue
Although in the picture one can only see the ?blue? veins in my arm, veins and arteries carry blood. Blood is one of the six major types of connective tissue. Connective tissue binds and supports other tissues, and it consists of many cells scattered...
- #83 Question 6
The diagram below shows pressure changes in the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart and the aorta during the cardiac cycle. (a) Calculate how many heart beats there will be in one minute. (2 marks)(b) (i) On the diagram, indicate the point at...
- # 44 The Circulatory System - Blood Vessels
The mammalian circulatory system is a closed double circulation, consisting of a heart, blood vessels and blood. The heart produces high pressure --> blood moves through the vessels by mass flow. The mammalian...
- Angiography
Term: angiographyLiterally meaning: ?image(record) of the vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-??????)/-graphia(=-graphy, a combining form denoting something written or represented as in words biography,...
- Comparison Between Artery And Vein
Artery Vein 1. Direction of blood flow is from heart to other body parts Direction of blood flow is from body parts to heart 2. Carries oxygenated (pure)...
Biology
artery
Term: artery
Origin: An Greek ???????/arteria (=wind pipe) from ???/aer (air) + ??????/terein(=keep, carry) or ?????/aero(=lift) as ancient Greek phycisians thought, by mistake, that arteries carried air, instead of blood as most ancient anatomy lessons had to be learned from corpses where after death, arteries are nearly empty.
Coined: 14th cent
Definition:
any of the large vessels that carry blood away from the heart
Runon derivatives :
arteriole, arteriolith, arteriography, arteriosclerosis, arteriopathy, arterioplasty, arteriorhaphy, arteriostenosis, arteritis
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- Connective Tissue
Although in the picture one can only see the ?blue? veins in my arm, veins and arteries carry blood. Blood is one of the six major types of connective tissue. Connective tissue binds and supports other tissues, and it consists of many cells scattered...
- #83 Question 6
The diagram below shows pressure changes in the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart and the aorta during the cardiac cycle. (a) Calculate how many heart beats there will be in one minute. (2 marks)(b) (i) On the diagram, indicate the point at...
- # 44 The Circulatory System - Blood Vessels
The mammalian circulatory system is a closed double circulation, consisting of a heart, blood vessels and blood. The heart produces high pressure --> blood moves through the vessels by mass flow. The mammalian...
- Angiography
Term: angiographyLiterally meaning: ?image(record) of the vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-??????)/-graphia(=-graphy, a combining form denoting something written or represented as in words biography,...
- Comparison Between Artery And Vein
Artery Vein 1. Direction of blood flow is from heart to other body parts Direction of blood flow is from body parts to heart 2. Carries oxygenated (pure)...