CHAPTER 31: Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
- Avian Respiratory Dynamics
- How do birds breathe more efficiently than mammals? This Shockwave animation shows how birds keep a constant stream of air flowing through their "lungs."
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- How the Body Works: The Respiratory System
- This is a Shockwave
animation of respiratory anatomy and how it looks when you cough,
sneeze, and hiccup.
- Respiratory System
- To get to this part of the BodyQuest human anatomy site, click on Respiratory System under Find. Here you can learn about gas exchange and view graphics of the lungs.
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31.3 HEALTH OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Asthma
- Resources and information about asthma can be found at The Rural Health Village.
- Breathing Trouble
- Asthma made the headlines in 1997 after it was found that
a large percentage of asthmatic children in inner-city neighborhoods
were allergic to cockroach allergens. Here, The
Why Files explore this troubling respiratory disorder, reporting
on statistics, triggers, and treatments.
- The Air That We Breathe
- Science magazine The Why Files takes a look at air pollution, its effects on respiratory health, and where it comes from.
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- Cut to the Heart
- Learn about the history of heart surgery, take a look at
diseased hearts, and see an animation of how blood flows through
a beating heart at this excellent NOVA website.
- The Heart and the Circulatory System
- While the function of the heart may seem obvious today, it
wasn't 500 years ago. Read this Access Excellence article to
learn about the notions that preceded William Harvey's 1628 book
On the Movement of the Heart and Blood in Animals. This
article also discusses the circulatory systems of invertebrates
and non-human vertebrates.
- The Circulatory System
- This chapter from Maricopa Community College instructor Michael Farabee describes the types and components of circulatory systems, as well as the lymphatic system.
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- All About Blood
- What's the most common blood type in America? When was the
first blood transfusion attempted? This fact sheet from the American Association of Blood Banks
describes blood donation and the uses of donated blood.
- Artificial Blood
- What if you worked in an emergency room and ran out of a
rare blood type? U.S. companies are working to get artificial
blood substitutes to the market, products that could change emergency medicine dramatically.
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31.6 HEALTH OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- The American Heart Association
- What's your risk for heart disease? What does the latest
research tell us about our cardiovascular health? Learn about
heart diseases and strokes from the organization committed to
public awareness and research of these two health problems.
- Cardiovascular Information
- This page from the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute discusses high blood pressure,
cholesterol, obesity, heart attacks, and other circulatory system
facts. The NHLBI also has a page full of Blood
Information.
- Bypass Ahead
- Explore bypass surgery with science magazine The Why Files, as they follow surgeons through this grueling procedure.
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