Internet Exercises

Blood: Outline
(http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/histo/blood/)

An introduction to blood is discussed at this site.
Question: What are the different components of blood?

Pernicious Anemia
(http://www.healthanswers.com/database/ami/converted/000569.html)

This site discusses causes, symptoms, risk factors and treatment of pernicious anemia.
Question: What is intrinsic factor?

Milestones in Cardiology
(http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/history/firsts.html)

Explore the history of cardiology at this site.
Question: A. What was the major contribution of William Harvey?
B. Who was the first heart surgeon?
C. Who performed the first successful heart transplant?

Medical Imaging: Cardiac Images
(http://www.cvmg.com/education/images.html)

Images of the circulatory system were acquired from the Toshiba biplane cardiac catheterization system at this site.
Question: On a piece of paper, list and describe several images available at this site.
B. How can this site help an anatomy student?

Blood Pressure
(http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/bp.html)

This extensive site discusses fundamental information about blood pressure.
Question: A. What is the normal blood pressure of an average human?
B. Define high and low blood pressure.

Cholesterol
(http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/chol.html)

Learn the facts about cholesterol from the American Heart Association at this site.
Question: What is the difference between "good" and "bad" cholesterol?

Aneurysms
(http://www.tmc.edu/thi/aneurysm.html)

The Texas Heart Institute provides this extensive site about aneurysms.
Question: What is an aneurysm?

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