cardiovascular System
How the cardiovascular system works
parts and fact
The cardiovascular system system consists of the the heart ,blood vessels, and blood.
The cardiovascular system is powered by the body's hardest working organ.
Three main functions
- transport of the nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to cells all through the body and removal of metabolic wastes.
- protection of the body by by white blood cells antibodies, and complement proteins that circulate in bood and defend the body against foreign microbes and toxins
- Regulation of body temperature, fliud pH and water content of cells
BLOOD WORK!
- Blood vessels make up your overall blood circulatory system
- Arteries carry blood away from the heart
- veins carry oxygenated blood to your heart
COMMON DISEASES OF THE CARDIOVSCULAR SYSTEM
VARICOSE VEINS
- Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted.
- Varicose veins in the leg, eveneven though varicose veins can be elsewhere.
ARTEROSCLEROSIS
Build up of cholesteral plaque in the walls of arteries causing obstruction of the blood flow. plaque may rupture causing occlusion of the artery by clot
myocardial infracton - Heart attack
A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle without blood,tissue loses oxygen and dies.