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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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