List of seven major therapeutic devices of circulatory system:- 1. Prosthetic Cardiac Pacemaker 2. Defibrillator 3. Angioplasty 4. Vascular Grafts 5. Stents 6. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 7. Artificial Heart Valve. Device # 1. Prosthetic Cardiac Pacemaker/Artificial Pacemaker: When the natural pace maker SA node does not work properly, in such patients normal heart beat can be restored and maintained [...]
The following points highlight the nineteen major disorders of circulatory system. Some of the disorders are: 1. Hypertension 2. Coronary Artery Disease 3. Arteriosclerosis 4. Heart Block 5. Cerebro Vascular Accident 6. Rheumatic Heart Disease 7. Congenital Heart Diseases 8. Oedema 9. Ebstein’s Disease 10. Fibrillation 11. Tachycardia 12. Bradycardia 13. Cardiac arrest 14. Heart failure 15. Heart attack and [...]
The blood vascular system of Pheretima is of closed type. It consists of the blood vessels, hearts, loops, capillaries and the blood glands. Blood: The blood of Pheretima is red coloured due to the presence of a respiratory pigment haemoglobin in it. The haemoglobin is not contained in the corpuscles like the vertebrates but it is found dissolved in the [...]