Bios255 week case study - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

BIOS 255 Week 6 Assignment; Case Study I Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

BIOS 255 Week 3 Assignment; Case Study - Hypoproteinemia

BIOS 255 Week 5 Assignment; Case Study I Hypersensitivity Reactions

BIOS 255 Week 2 Assignment; Case Study; Heart

BIOS 255 Week 2 Assignment; Case Study - Heart

BIOS 255 Week 4 Assignment; Case Study I Natural Killer Cell Deficiency.

BIOS 255 Week 1 Assignment; Case Study - Coagulation

1. What are the four valves found in the heart and where are they located? Give all names of each valve. 2. What is a mitral valve prolapse and what causes this in Marfan’s syndrome specifically? 3. What happens to blood flow (specifically) with a mitral valve prolapse (where would the blood back up to and why)? 4. If a person were to have a prolapse of the tricuspid valve, what specifically would happen to the flow of blood in that case? 5. Do you think Janet will ever play basketball aga...

Week 7 Case Study: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Chamberlain University BIOS255 1. Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin more than oxygen due to its greater affinity for hemog lobin. When exposed to Carbon monoxide oxygen cant bind to hemoglobin resulting in lack of oxygen throughout the body. 2. The pulse oximeter is a noninvasive device typically used to measure the saturation of oxygen in a patient’s blood. This is different from a CO- Oximeter which is used to measure levels of carboxyhemoglobin...

1. Question: How is ventilation different from respiration? 2. Question: Ventilation is dependent upon a pressure gradient. Describe how this pressure gradient works. 3. Question: What muscles are involved in ventilation? 4. Question: What is COPD and how does it affect ventilation? 5. Question: How does the tripod position help breathing in COPD patients?