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    response of the human cardiovascular system to changes in posture. Expected decreases in BP, MAP, CO at 30 seconds post-tilt and immediate decreases in SV and TPR as seen in Figures 2, 4, 6 and Table 1 were observed. These decreases were due to increased pooling of blood in the lower limbs leading to lower venous return and subsequently decreasing flow out of the heart. Furthermore, there was a reflexive response by the autonomic nervous system in order to regain normal cardiovascular parameters mediated

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    Tim Taylor, 2012) has argued that cardiovascular system referred to as the circulatory system, is composed of blood within the blood vessels and heart. The function of the heart is pumping the blood through the blood vessels of the body. There are three main functions of the cardiovascular system are: transportation where the heart pumps the blood vessels through the delivery way. It has been argued by (Medical terminology for cancer, 2014) that heart transports the respiratory gases, nutrients

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    The cardiovascular system is an organ system that allows blood to circulate and is in charge of transporting oxygen, as well as carbon dioxide, hormones, nutrients, and cell waste items all over the body (Pironet, et al., 2016). This system helps to regulate body temperature, maintain homeostasis, and fight diseases. The cardiovascular system is made up of the heart, blood vessels, blood and plasma of the blood, and cells. The circulatory system is kept working by the heart. The heart is

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    The cardiovascular system is the system of the body which includes the circulatory system and your heart. This system has three functions. Its first is transportation where it is responsible for pumping blood to the organs, tissues, and cells of your body in order to transport a proper amount of oxygen and nutrients to every cell as well as remove the carbon dioxide and waste products made by some cells. This is done by using one of the strongest muscles and the hardest-working organ in the body--

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    When a person is 80 years old, the average healthy heart will have beat 3,363,840,000 times (“10 unique and fun facts about the cardiovascular system,” 2015). The cardiovascular system includes the heart and blood vessels that’s main job is to carry blood from the body to the heart and vice versa. The human heart is amazingly the base core of functionality for the human body, without it the human body would never function. There are three stages in the process of pumping blood throughout the body

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    Cardiovascular system is powered by the body’s hardest-working organ the heart, which is only about the size of a closed fist. Even at rest, the average heart easily pumps over 5 litres of blood throughout the body every minute. The cardio vascular system delivers oxygen to the body tissues from the lungs and nutrients to the liver from the intestines. The cardiovascular system also removes carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs, to be excreted and also removes waste products from the liver to

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    The Cardiovascular system, also known as the circulatory system, includes the heart and its vessels. Its purpose is to circulate blood throughout the body and its cells, delivering needed substances and removing waste. The different organs of the cardiovascular system include the heart and its blood vessels, which are capillaries, arteries and veins. There are two parts to the cardiovascular system, pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation. Pulmonary circulation is between the heart and

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    components of the human body. The blood carries many functions such as to supply oxygen to the bodies tissues, remove metabolic waste products, regulate our core temperature as well as fighting infection and foreign bodies (Glover, 1997). The cardiovascular system is composed of the heart and its vessels. The heart is an involuntary muscle which receives blood to the atrias, which is then pumped via the ventricles. The vessels are composed of three main types. Arteries, veins and capillaries; all which

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    The cardiovascular system and the circulatory systems work hand in hand. The main functions of the cardiovascular system are to transport nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to cells throughout the body, protect the body by white blood cells against foreign microbes and toxins, and platelets for blood clotting and regulate body temperature, pH fluid, and water content of cells. It’s a closed system, and the main organs associated with the cardiovascular system is the heart and the blood vessels. The

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    The Cardiovascular System is one of the most important systems in the body. It's the delivery system for the circulation of blood. And it consists of [heart, which is an anatomical pump of blood] and blood vessel (arteries, veins, and capillaries) which allow blood to flow efficiently and quickly from the heart to the body and back again to the heart. Also, Capillaries carry blood to tissue cells and also are the exchange sites of nutrients, wastes, gases, etc. The size of blood vessels depend on

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