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Explain how arteries, veins, and capillaries are adapted for their functions. Describe what happens in coronary heart disease and explain how lifestyle may contribute to the development of this disease.
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Explain how arteries, veins, and capillaries are adapted for their functions. Describe what happens in coronary heart disease and explain how lifestyle may contribute to the development of this disease. The human circulatory system is an essential network of tubes designed to transport a continuous flow of blood throughout the body delivering nutrients to and removing waste from every cell. Contemporary society is experiencing an increasing number of people suffering from an often preventable disease that occurs in this circulatory network named coronary heart disease. (Boyle, M., Senior, K. 2002). (www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdfacts.htm). This essay will explain how the circulatory systems' arteries, capillaries and veins are adapted for their functions, what happens in coronary heart disease, and how some contemporary lifestyles may contribute to the condition. The main organ of the circulatory system is the heart, situated in the chest between the lungs. It is a hollow muscular structure consisting of four main...
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