I want to inform you about your health condition called varicose veins, but I'll first give you some background information to help you understand this condition more clearly. Blood vessels carry your blood throughout your body. There are five main types of blood vessels: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins, but I'll be informing you on arteries, capillaries, and veins. Most arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to
: Introduction Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is the blood clot formation in the human body, especially in legs. It usually occurs in a deep vein, which is a larger vein that runs through calf and thigh muscle in the legs. DVT is formed when the valves of veins present in calf muscles are deprived of oxygen leading to deepening of veins to form a clot (Yadava, 2013). Pulmonary embolism; which is a blockage of an artery in the lungs; and DVT together constituted as single disease procedure which is known
The Structure and Function Of Arteries, Veins and Capillaries In its route from the heart to the tissues, the blood passes through channels of six foremost types: elastic arteries, muscular arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules and veins. I intend to explore the structure and function of arteries, veins and capillaries. When an artery branches into smaller and smaller vessels, eventually the blood vessel is too small to see with the naked eye. At that point, it is called an arteriole
Thrombosis is the formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery. For example in a deep vein thrombosis or a coronary (artery) thrombosis. The clot itself is termed a thrombosis. If the clot breaks loose and travels through the bloodstream, it is a thromboembolism. Thrombosis, thrombus, and the prefix thrombo- al come from the Greek thrombo- meaning a lump or clump, or a curd or clot of milk. (www.medicinenet.com) There ae two main classifications
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), is a blood clot that forms in a deep vein inside the body. DVT can occur when the blood thickens, because the thickening of the blood can cause a clot to form. DVT will generally occur within the lower leg or thigh, as well as other parts of the body. A clot that occurs in a deep vein can possibly break off from the original vein. When it breaks off it can travel throughout the body’s bloodstream. It is called an embolus when the clot breaks off. The clots that broke off
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) will happen when a thrombus (blood clot) forms in the deep veins in your body. The most common place of occurrence is the legs but can occur in other areas of the body. DVT may cause leg pain and/or swelling, but can occur without any signs or symptoms. Other signs and symptoms include; shortness of breath, rapid pulse, sweating, sharp chest pain, coughing up blood, and fainting.(mayo clinic) In the United States alone 600,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. It has
Major veins and arteries are located in similar positions deep below skin and muscle tissue, make blood color and rate of bleeding important identifying factors. A few notable arteries and veins are located above the heart and into the neck, with the carotid arteries that pump blood into the brain and the jugular veins that drain blood back to the heart. Several large arteries and veins also flow through the extremities, specifically in the upper arm with brachial arteries and veins and in the upper
The function of the Heart: The heart is the centre of the circulatory system which functions as a pump for the movement of the blood through the body, through a transport system of arteries, veins and capillaries. If blood is the body’s fuel, the heart is its engine. When the heart is relaxed it is called diastole - the resting phase of the heart and when the ventricles of the heart contract, it is called systole - the working phase of the heart. The blood circulation is two closed systems. The
It is a closed system where the patient’s blood goes straight from the vein to the inside of the tube through the rubber stopper present at the entrance of the tube without the blood being open to the air. You can collect many tubes by using just a single venepuncture. There is three components required for the evacuated system:
death, but there are some other side affects that, though they might not result in death, will cause extreme discomfort and pain. For example, take Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis obliterans). It is a condition were a blood clot forms in one of the veins or arteries in your extremities preventing blood from reaching them. (as shown in figure 1.3) Because blood cannot reach it, and therefore no oxygen either, the affected area will lose feeling and eventually die. This can affect almost anyone but primarily
throughout the Roman Empire. Before long it went to in India and the Arab world too. In medieval Europe, bloodletting became the standard treatment for various conditions, from plague and smallpox to epilepsy and gout. Practitioners usually nicked veins or arteries in the forearm or neck, sometimes using a special tool featuring a fixed blade and known as a fleam. In 1163 a church edict prohibited monks and priests, who often stood in as doctors, from performing bloodletting, stating that the church
Our heart is like a double pump mechanism where the right side pumps deoxygenated blood to our lungs and the left side pumps oxygen rich blood to circulate back through our bodies. This process provides a continuous supply of oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide waste from our body. When there is a disturbance to this process, it causes our heart the inability to pump sufficiently to meet our body’s demands. This causes the body to accumulate blood and fluid in the organs and tissues and will lead
venous thrombosis are both alterations of cardiovascular function. In this assignment, the differences, similarities, and pathophysiology of both diseases will be addressed. While advance practice nurses might occur patients that has a diagnoses of deep vein thrombus or chronic venous insufficiency, they must have the ability to distinguish these disorders from other possible disorders. By ruling out other disorders, this allows the advanced practice nurse to properly diagnose patients. This assignment
and Galen viewed the cardiovascular system as two distinct networks of arteries and veins. The very first conception comes from Erasistratus who believed that arteries and veins were separate. Veins contain blood, while arteries contain air. The portal veins take up food in the intestines, food is then delivered to the liver, transformed into blood and then transported to the vena cava by way of the hepatic vein. He hypothesized that, from the vena cava, venous blood was delivered to all parts of
Introduction: The transport system in our body that carries blood is known as the circulatory system. This system allows the blood to carry essential nutrients such as amino acids, oxygen, and hormones to the cells in all parts of our body to ensure they are able to maintain body temperature and pH known as homeostasis. The oxygen-rich blood enables cellular respiration to occur efficiently which is vital for humans to continue to survive. It also carries cellular waste such as carbon dioxide which
My assistant will inject me into her femoral vein, that is located in her leg, and I will go north, through the heart into the lungs. My submarine also has been coated with a special substance so that the white blood cells do not think that I am a foreign object. I’m ready and the patient is ready, LET’S DO THIS! I am now reporting to you from the patient’s femoral vein. I am headed north to her right lung. The femoral vein is one of the largest veins in the body. The ride has been smooth so far
heart. There are two main types of arteries: pulmonary arteries and systemic arteries. Pulmonary arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs where the blood picks up oxygen. The oxygen rich blood is then returned to the heart via the pulmonary veins. Systemic arteries deliver blood to the rest of the body. The aorta is the main systemic artery and the largest artery of the body. It originates from the heart and branches out into smaller arteries which supply blood to the head region brachiocephalic
PARTS OF THE SYSTEM All the production of blood from the left side of the heart goes into the aorta, the body’s largest artery. The other arteries branch from the aorta to supply blood to the rest of the body. The blood is drained from the body by veins into two
More medical discoveries and advances are occurring every day. Medical treatments and understanding of the human anatomy have come a long way. Though if it weren’t for certain Anatomists, we may have not have had the right comprehension of the human body which could have led to errors in surgery and more deaths while treating patients. The Renaissance period was a time where Anatomists searched for clearer understanding of the human body. During the Renaissance period, Anatomists questioning and
As an individual thinks about the heart they may not fully understand the amount of work that the heart does in order to keep the blood flowing throughout the body. The heart is made up of four chambers and two pumps. The top half of the heart is made up of a right and left atrium while the bottom portion of the heart is made up of a right and left ventricle. The right side of the heart pumps blood throughout the pulmonary circuit which supplies blood to the lungs. While the left side of the heart