Blood-pressure, from the Clinical StandpointSaunders, 1916 - 478 pages |
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... heart is a vital function like respiration , for if the heart should cease to beat even for a very short space of time , the circulation would fail , and the individual would die . The heart must not only act continuously , but it must ...
... heart is a vital function like respiration , for if the heart should cease to beat even for a very short space of time , the circulation would fail , and the individual would die . The heart must not only act continuously , but it must ...
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Francis Ashley Faught. • heart as the mainspring of the circulation . In 1616 , Wm . Harvey stated that " a perpetual movement of the blood in a circle is caused by the beat of the heart . " It is evident that Harvey's conception was the ...
Francis Ashley Faught. • heart as the mainspring of the circulation . In 1616 , Wm . Harvey stated that " a perpetual movement of the blood in a circle is caused by the beat of the heart . " It is evident that Harvey's conception was the ...
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... heart , thence through the mitral valve to the left ventricle , then by way of the aortic valve to the aorta and the general arterial tree until it finally reaches the capillaries . From the capillaries into the veins back toward the heart ...
... heart , thence through the mitral valve to the left ventricle , then by way of the aortic valve to the aorta and the general arterial tree until it finally reaches the capillaries . From the capillaries into the veins back toward the heart ...
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... heart to maintain the cir- culation , because the relatively small amount of blood in the body could not begin to completely fill the vessels . The force by which the blood is driven from the right to the left side of the heart ...
... heart to maintain the cir- culation , because the relatively small amount of blood in the body could not begin to completely fill the vessels . The force by which the blood is driven from the right to the left side of the heart ...
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... heart is an intermittent pump ; therefore if the arteries were rigid and unyielding tubes , each increment of blood coming from the heart would be required to move all the blood in the whole arterial system , while during the heart ...
... heart is an intermittent pump ; therefore if the arteries were rigid and unyielding tubes , each increment of blood coming from the heart would be required to move all the blood in the whole arterial system , while during the heart ...
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