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t. e. This article contains a list of organs of the human body. It is widely believed that there are 79 organs (this number goes up if you count each bone and muscle as an organ on their own, which is becoming more common practice to do [1] [2] ); however, there is no universal standard definition of what constitutes an organ, and some tissue ...
The blood; Development of the vascular system; The thoracic cavity. The pericardium; The heart; Peculiarities in the vascular system in the fetus; Anatomical landmarks. On the trunk of the body, the chest is referred to as the thoracic area. The shoulder in general is the acromial, while the curve of the shoulder is the deltoid.
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate. [1] [2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and from Latin vascula ...
Blood is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume), [2] and contains proteins, glucose, mineral ions, and hormones. The blood cells are mainly red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and (in mammals) platelets (thrombocytes). [3]
In whole blood (g/cm 3) In plasma or serum (g/cm 3) Water: Solvent 0.81-0.86 0.93-0.95 Acetoacetate: Produced in liver 8-40 × 10 −7: 4-43 × 10 −7: Acetone: product of bodyfat breakdown 3-20 × 10 −6: Acetylcholine: Neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system: 6.6-8.2 × 10 −8: Adenosine triphosphate: Energy storage total 3. ...
Hemorheology. Hemorheology, also spelled haemorheology ( haemo from Greek ‘αἷμα, haima ' blood '; and rheology, from Greek ῥέω rhéō, ' flow ' and -λoγία, -logia 'study of'), or blood rheology, is the study of flow properties of blood and its elements of plasma and cells. Proper tissue perfusion can occur only when blood's ...
cardiovascular system. endocrine system. (missing exocrine system) muscular system. Clockwise from top left: lymphatic system. respiratory system. urinary system. female reproductive system. male reproductive system.
System Tissue Epithelium Subtype; circulatory: blood vessels: Simple squamous: endothelium: digestive: ducts of submandibular glands: simple columnar - digestive ...