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• Sodium thiopental
  ...ug cocktail during a recent execution, due to inability to locate suitable veins. [[Kenneth Biros]] was executed using the single-drug method. The execution
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• Hemoglobin
  ...t of the protein hemoglobin in red blood cells. This process occurs in the pulmonary capillaries adjacent to the [[alveoli]] of the lungs. The oxygen then trave ...vation may be caused by [[congenital heart disease]], [[cor pulmonale]], [[pulmonary fibrosis]], too much [[erythropoietin]], or [[polycythemia vera]].<ref>[htt
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• List of eponymous medical signs
  ...]], [[Friedrich Trendelenburg]] || general medicine, surgery || [[varicose veins]] || || superficial vein is percussed proximally; if impulse is felt over v ...]], [[Friedrich Trendelenburg]] ||general medicine,surgery ||[[varicose veins]] || ||identifies level of valvular incompetence
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• List of diseases (P)
  * [[Primary pulmonary hypertension]] * [[Pulmonary agenesis]]
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• Circulatory system
  ...system (meaning that the blood never leaves the network of [[arteries]], [[veins]] and [[capillaries]]), some [[invertebrate]] groups have an open cardiovas ...essel]]s.<ref>{{MeshName|Cardiovascular+System}}</ref> It includes: the [[pulmonary circulation]], a "loop" through the [[lung]]s where blood is oxygenated; an
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• Lymph node
  ...mediastinal structures, containing the [[pulmonary artery]], the pulmonary veins, the main [[bronchus]] for each side, some vegetative nerves and the lympha ...(to the venous angle in the confluence of the subclavian and deep jugular veins).
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• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  ...n a majority of patients, but a central line to jugular/subclavian/femoral veins may be used in 16% of women and 4% of men. Adverse reactions during [[apher ...h a rate of about 1 in 1500. The most common severe adverse reactions were pulmonary edema/deep vein thrombosis, splenic rupture, and myocardial infarction. Hae
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• Vasospasm
  ...increase in the blood seen by these drugs also causes dilation of systemic veins which in turn causes a reduction in venous return, ventricular work load an Beta-receptor antagonists should be avoided in patients with reactive pulmonary disease to avoid asthma attacks. Also Beta-receptor antagonists should be a
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• Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
  ...temic vein|systemic venous]] [[circulatory system|circulation]].(Normally, pulmonary venous return carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium wh ...D, Sharland GK |title=The echocardiographic diagnosis of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection in the fetus |journal=Heart |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=43
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• Left heart
  ...en]]ated [[pulmonary circulation|pulmonic]] [[blood]] from the [[pulmonary veins]]. The blood is then pumped through the [[mitral valve]] into the left vent
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• Great vessels
  *[[Pulmonary artery]] **Pulmonary trunk
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• Pulmonary blood vessel
  The '''pulmonary blood vessels''' are those [[blood vessels]] which carry [[blood]] to and f ...re the only [[arteries]] which carry deoxygenated blood. Conversely, the [[pulmonary vein]]s, carrying blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, are
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• Systemic circulation
  ...d by [[William Harvey]]. This term is opposed and contrasted to the term [[pulmonary circulation]] first proposed by [[Ibn al-Nafis]].<ref>{{cite book ...ion, [[arteries]] bring oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body. The [[pulmonary circulation]] (for arterial blood sent to the lungs) is excluded from this
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• Pulmonary circulation
  [[Image:Illu pulmonary circuit.jpg|thumb|400px]] '''Pulmonary circulation''' is the portion of the [[cardiovascular system]] which carrie
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• Vasodilation
  ...particularly in the large [[arteries]], smaller [[arterioles]] and large [[veins]]. The process is essentially the opposite of [[vasoconstriction]], or the ...ood flow in the penis through vasodilation. It may also be used to treat [[pulmonary arterial hypertension]] (PAH).
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• Heart chamber
  ...and pumps it through the [[pulmonary valve]] into the [[lung]]s via the [[pulmonary artery]]. *Left atrium: receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs via the [[pulmonary vein]]s and pumps it through the [[mitral valve]] into the left ventricle.
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• Vein
  Caption = The main veins in the human body | ...]] in structure and function; for example, arteries are more muscular than veins and they carry blood away from the heart.
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• Venous return curve
  ...a closed loop. Otherwise, blood would accumulate in either the systemic or pulmonary circulations. Although cardiac output and venous return are interdependent, ...e and pulmonary blood flow. The left ventricle experiences an increase in pulmonary venous return, which in turn increases left ventricular preload and stroke
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• Capillary
  ...anch and widen to become venules and then widen more and connect to become veins, which return blood to the heart.]] ...pillaries join and widen to become venules and then widen more to become [[veins]], which return blood to the heart.
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• Left atrium
  ...[[human heart]]. It receives [[oxygen]]ated [[blood]] from the [[pulmonary veins]], and pumps it into the [[left ventricle]], via the atrioventricular valve ...he fetus, the right atrium pumps blood into the left atrium, bypassing the pulmonary circulation (which is useless in a fetus). In an adult, a septal defect wou
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