what does artery mean?
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Arteries are muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. They are contrasted with veins, which carry blood toward the heart.\n\nThe circulatory system is extremely important in sustaining life. Its proper functioning is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, maintenance of optimum pH, and the mobility of the elements, proteins and cells of the immune system. In developed countries, the two leading causes of death, myocardial infarction and stroke each may directly result from an arterial system that has been slowly and progressively compromised by years of deterioration.
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The heart muscle, like every other organ or tissue in your body, needs oxygen-rich blood to survive. Blood is supplied to the heart by its own vascular system, called coronary circulation. \n\nThe aorta (the main blood supplier to the body) branches off into two main coronary blood vessels (also called arteries). These coronary arteries branch off into smaller arteries, which supply oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle.\n\nThe right coronary artery supplies blood mainly to the right side of the heart. The right side of the heart is smaller because it pumps blood only to the lungs.\n\nThe left coronary artery, which branches into the left anterior descending artery and the circumflex artery, supplies blood to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart is larger and more muscular because it pumps blood to the rest of the body.
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It circulates through your arteries and veins and capillaries and goes through your heart. The system is called the circulatory system.
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cardiovasular system, pumps the blood for circulation.
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Arteries carry blood AWAY from the heart.  The name has nothing to do with the O2 content of the blood in the vessel, so pulmonary arteries are carring blood away from the heart to the lungs where it can get oxygenated.  Veins carry blood back to the heart.  In the case of pulmonary veins, they are carring oxygenated blood TO the heart so that the heart can pump it out to the rest of the body.  The answer is B. pulmonary veins.
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Or to put in simpler terms, ABI is the ratio of blood pressures in the arm versus the ankle.  In healthy people, the blood pressure in both is the same and the ratio is 1.  In people with peripheral vascular disease, the leg arteries get clogged and the flow there drops down. Less flow means lower blood pressure in those arteries.  In that case ratio of Ankle artery/brachial (arm) artery goes down. The above post delves into the specifics.  Hope that helps.
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the prefix pulmo- refers to lungs. so the pulmonary circulation involves blood circulation from the heart to the lungs and back.
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Endo... meaning "inside"... to support the internal structure.\n\nExo... meaning "outside"... to protect the internal structure.
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An aneurysm is a ballooning out of a vessel wall and can actually be located anywhere. Common sites are the brain and the abdominal aorta.When an aneurysm of the aorta ruptures (breaks) death is usually rapid due to the quick extent of blood loss. A brain aneurysm causes stroke like symptoms and the aftereffects are those of a stroke. There is a possibility she had a heart attack as a result of the stress of the aneurysm.
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The circulatory system comprises all structures that relate to the circulation of blood throughout the body.  This includes the heart, the aorta (main artery coming out of the heart), the major organ arteries, the smaller branch arteries going into the organs, arterioles (even smaller branch arteries), capillaries (fine, almost microscopic vessels where oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the organ), venules (small veins that start the return of blood away from the organ), small veins, larger veins, inferior vean cava (main vein from the lower 2/3 of the body), superior vena cava (main vein from the upper 1/3 of the body), and finally the heart again.  The circulatory system is essentially a closed plumbing system, driven by the beating of the heart.
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Hmmm, good question.  I guess I automatically assumed capillaries, but they might not be small enough to be considered capillaries.  On second thought, I'd go with arterioles because these vessels have oxygenated blood in them (meaning they came from the heart), are too small to be arteries but not small enough to be capillaries, and are obviously not viens.
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Circulation of Blood..
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Pulmonary (PULL-mun-ary) arterial hypertension (PAH) is continuous high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The average blood pressure in a normal pulmonary artery is about 14 mmHg when the person is resting. In PAH, the average is usually greater than 25 mmHg.
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I'm a little unsure what you are asking. The marrow of the bones in your arm are the sites where the arteries extend from and continue throughout your body.
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Heart, arteries, veins.
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In anatomy, a foramen is any opening.  Foramina is the plural.\n\nFor example foramina of skull, the apical foramen is the hole at the tip of the root of a tooth, the foramen ovale (heart) is a hole between the venous and arterial sides of the fetal heart, vertebral foramen, obturator foramen, lesser sciatic foramen, and greater sciatic foramen.
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Arteries pump blood away from the heart and toward the arms and legs.  Most clots are in the veins, which can break off and move to the heart and then to the lungs.