Biomedical Engineering Blood Pressure / Blood Flow
Biomedical Engineering Blood Pressure / Blood Flow
Biomedical Engineering Blood Pressure / Blood Flow
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RUPRECHT-KARLS-<br />
UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG<br />
Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine<br />
Patrick Heiler<br />
11/25/2011 | Page 15 Physiological Basis<br />
• blood: incompressible, laminar liquid<br />
• pressure generator: heart<br />
• cardiac output: volume that is pumped from one<br />
ventricle per time (minute)<br />
• pumped volume per beat: approx. 70 cm 3<br />
• 60 beats per minute= 4,2 l/min<br />
RUPRECHT-KARLS-<br />
UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG<br />
Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine<br />
Patrick Heiler<br />
11/25/2011 | Page 16 The Heart<br />
Pulmonary Artery<br />
Pulmonary Vein<br />
Left Atrium<br />
Right Atrium<br />
Pulmonary Valve<br />
Tricuspid valve<br />
Aortic Valve<br />
Mitral Valve<br />
Left Ventricle<br />
Right Ventricle<br />
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