Basic Western Medicine Theory (5)

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The Principle of the Heartbeat

In a healthy person the heart beats without ceasing. Its contraction and relaxation allow all tissues of the body to take up oxygen and nutrients from the blood and to release carbon dioxide and metabolic wastes into it. If the heart fails, not only our…

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How Does Human Blood Circulate?

To understand thoroughly how human blood circulates, we need three concepts: systemic circulation, pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation. All are closely related to a small but vital organ in our body—the heart. The heart is a fist-sized muscular pump located in the middle mediastinum between…

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Notes on General Osteology

This is the part of the deep-learning notes that I organized for everyone in my school study group and completed myself. The nineteen of us divided the work, each completing the chapter assigned to us. I guided them through the writing, ultimately aiming for a…

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