Blood-pressure, from the Clinical StandpointSaunders, 1916 - 478 pages |
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... maintained by a normally acting heart with normal vessels and , as a corollary , abnormal blood- pressure is an indication of some abnormality in the cir- culation . Were this in every sense true in practice , the whole study of blood ...
... maintained by a normally acting heart with normal vessels and , as a corollary , abnormal blood- pressure is an indication of some abnormality in the cir- culation . Were this in every sense true in practice , the whole study of blood ...
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... maintained in health and is responsible for a normal circulation . 1. Mechanical Arrangements . We find that these com- prise : ( a ) the vascular system , which is a closed series of tubes ( arteries and veins ) of varying diameters ...
... maintained in health and is responsible for a normal circulation . 1. Mechanical Arrangements . We find that these com- prise : ( a ) the vascular system , which is a closed series of tubes ( arteries and veins ) of varying diameters ...
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... maintaining the circulation is , to a subordinate degree , supplemented by the aspirating action of the chest wall during the respiratory act , by the pumping action of the skeletal muscles and by the elasticity or tone of the arteries ...
... maintaining the circulation is , to a subordinate degree , supplemented by the aspirating action of the chest wall during the respiratory act , by the pumping action of the skeletal muscles and by the elasticity or tone of the arteries ...
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... maintained . The arterial walls are , however , as already stated , not rigid but elastic and distensible , and are ... maintaining blood - pressure , for if the heart as a pump was large enough and the arteries short enough and the ...
... maintained . The arterial walls are , however , as already stated , not rigid but elastic and distensible , and are ... maintaining blood - pressure , for if the heart as a pump was large enough and the arteries short enough and the ...
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... maintained there , when the amount of blood passing through the capillaries during a heart cycle equals the amount entering the aorta during systole . At this time , the power of the heart is exactly balanced by the resistance in the ...
... maintained there , when the amount of blood passing through the capillaries during a heart cycle equals the amount entering the aorta during systole . At this time , the power of the heart is exactly balanced by the resistance in the ...
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