Sunday, April 15, 2007

Heart

1, The difference between the left ventricle and the right is that the right ventricle is the chamber that receives the blood from the right atrium. It then pumps the blood into the lungs. The left ventricle is thicker because, it is the chamber that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the system circulation, throughout the body.
2, The aorta looked like a tube that felt extremely tough and stretchy, it is this way cause its delivers the blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
3, The aorta didn't have much of its own blood supply.
4, Their where two pulmonary veins that lead into the right atrium, and two that lead to the left atrium..
5, The heart muscle, known as the myocardium is the muscular tissue of the heart. It is composed of specialized cardiac muscle cells. The cardiac muscle can contract electricity but also conduct it, like nerves.
6, For human transplants the valve we use from the pig is the mistral valve. To have this transplant once a day the patience intakes cyclosporin and tacrolimus.

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