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Health and Resources
Presentation
Evelyn Barnum
HCS/212
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Deatrice Willis
Location
Make a Fist
(Thibodeau & Patton, 2013)
Importance Of The
Heart
Blood delivers oxygen to all the body cells to stay alive. We need healthy living cells.
Without oxygen, these cells would die.
If the oxygen rich blood doesn´t circulate as it should , we would die.
(Ehart, 2005)
Functions of The
The heart Heart is a
muscular organ in the circulatory system that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels to our body.
(Thibodeau & Patton, 2013)
Types Of Blood arterie veins
Vessels
s
Carry
blood away from the heart. The aorta is the largest artery.
This is oxygen rich blood. Carry blood back to the heart and contains valves. The vena cava is the largest vein. This is the blood that brings the garbage capillari es Exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and many other nutrients
,waste
and chemicals substanc es between cells all happens here.
Types of Blood
Cells
Red blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
Transport and carry oxygen to all the body. Attack bacteria and help fight disease or infection. Helps the blood to clot if you get injured, such as a laceration. (Thibodeau & Patton, 2013)
But if it isn’t healthy…
BOOM!
Coronary heart disease
Cardiovascular disease
Heart failure
("Heart Disease Facts American Heart Association
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of all racial/ethnic groups in the United
States.
Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing nearly 380,000 people annually.
("Heart Disease Facts
American Heart Association
", 2015).
Don’t Be A Statistic
In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in
the
