Structure and function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
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National Diploma In Sport (Golf) UNIT 5: BODY IN ACTION Assignment 2 Structure and function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems In this assignment I am going to look at the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system. I will identify the structure of the two systems and then I will discuss the functions of the systems. I am going to start off by looking at the heart I am going to describe the flow of blood around the heart as well as the structure of the hearts cardiac muscle. Now I have looked at the structure of the heart and the blood flow around heart. The heart is a muscular organ which comprises of four chambers. It is approximately the size of your clenched fist and is located in the chest, behind and slightly tillted to the left of the sternum. The two upper chambers of the heart are known as...


