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Movement of blood through a closed circuit formed by arterial and venous vessels
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represents the balance between the energetic revenue provided by the food and the expense of energy when the organism moves. The changes in this balance sheet are reflected directly in the corporal weight
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volume of blood expelled by a ventricle in one minute
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force applied against the walls of the arteries when the heart pumps blood to the body
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process that consists of successive changes of volume and pressure during the cardiac activity. The myocardium contracts as response to the electrical activity that takes place inside the conductive system of the heart. East is defined as a set of cells authorized to transmit electrical impulses across the cardiac muscle, which causes that the above mentioned muscle contracts
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volume of blood that the heart expels into the aorta during the period of contraction (systole)
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is the process by which air enters and leaves the lungs
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is the spontaneous movement of gases between the alveoli and the blood of the pulmonary capillaries without intervention of any energy or effort of the organism
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A muscular organ in humans and many animals that receives blood from the veins and pumps it through the arteries to other parts of the body
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is the process by which the cardiovascular system pumps blood to the lungs
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pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary artery, right side of the heart, and most veins, that has become deoxygenated and charged with carbon dioxide during its passage through the body and that in humans is normally dark red
