Cardiac cycle is the term referring to all of the events that occurs from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. The frequency of the cardiac cycle is the heart rate. The time taken to complete one cardiac cycle is 0.8 sec and is called cardiac cycle time. Some events of cardiac cycle are as follows: [...]
In this article we will discuss about the concept of total body water and its distribution. Water is the most vital and at the same times the most abundant component of the human body. It constitutes about 70 percent of the total body weight and within which the major cations like sodium, potassium, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium and anions like chloride, [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Definition and Sources of Tissue Fluid 2. Composition of Tissue Fluid 3. Functions 4. Aggregation. Definition and Sources of Tissue Fluid: Tissue fluid is formed from the plasma by process of diffusion and filtration. This fluid occupies the intracellular space and forms the connecting link in the transport of nutrition, gases and [...]