Section outline
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Learning outcome:
- Describe different types of heart muscle and blood circulation process.
- Understand some terminology related with heart like heartbeat, cardiac cycle, cardiac output, nervous regulation of heart, cardiac reflexes.
- Define blood pressure and describe different types of blood pressure.
- Illustrate the factor effecting blood pressure
- Compare and contrast between capillary and regional blood circulation.
- Short term and long term regulation of blood pressure.
- How action potential propagates.
- Describe the function of lymph nodes lymphatic systems Describe detail about lymph composition.
Learning outcome:
Circulatory system: Heart: Structure, heart muscles, conducting system of heart, origin and transmission of cardiac impulse; ECG, control and requirements for the normal heart beat, cardiac cycle, cardiac output, nervous regulation of heart, cardiac reflexes.
Blood vessels: Types of blood vessels and their functions.
Blood pressure: Measurements and regulation of blood pressure, nervous control and chemical control. Arterial pulse: Definition and clinical study, recording of arterial pulse.
Capillary circulation: Importance and functions.
Regional blood circulation: Pulmonary circulation, hepatic circulation, renal circulation and cerebral circulation.
Lymphatic system: Lymph, Lymph capillary, lymphatic vessels, lymph node, Lymphatic organs Composition and formation of lymph, Function and circulation via lymphatic system.