Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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The diseases that causes these symptoms in bill and give reason with proper explanation.
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Bill is a male, and he has high blood pressure and is moderately obese but healthy, and was rushed to the hospital because he had complained of severe headache then after few hours his speech became slurred and one side of his body became numb and weak. Bill may have some problem in heart according to the symptoms.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 33.1 - explain the major features of all circulatory...Ch. 33.1 - Why doesnt insect hemolymph need hemoglobin?Ch. 33.1 - compare open and closed circulatory systems?Ch. 33.1 - describe the functions of the vertebrate...Ch. 33.2 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 33.2 - describe the three types of vertebrate hearts and...Ch. 33.2 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 33.2 - Prob. 1TCCh. 33.2 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 33.2 - Prob. 3CYL
Ch. 33.3 - describe each component of blood and explain its...Ch. 33.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 33.3 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 33.3 - Prob. 2TCCh. 33.3 - explain the sequence of events during blood...Ch. 33.4 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 33.4 - Prob. 1ETCh. 33.4 - Prob. 1TCCh. 33.4 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 33.4 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 33.5 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 33.5 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 33.5 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 33.5 - Prob. 1TCCh. 33.5 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 33.5 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 33 - Prob. 1ACCh. 33 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 33 - Prob. 1MCCh. 33 - List the major structures of all circulatory...Ch. 33 - Prob. 2ACCh. 33 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 33 - Which of the following is True? a. Arteriole...Ch. 33 - Describe and compare the features of open and...Ch. 33 - The hearts pacemaker is called the (complete term)...Ch. 33 - Prob. 3MCCh. 33 - Explain how two- and three-chambered vertebrate...Ch. 33 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 33 - Prob. 4MCCh. 33 - Prob. 4RQCh. 33 - Prob. 5FIBCh. 33 - Which of the following is true of blood pressure?...Ch. 33 - Prob. 5RQCh. 33 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 33 - Prob. 6RQCh. 33 - Lymph is ___________ that has entered lymphatic...Ch. 33 - Prob. 7RQCh. 33 - Prob. 8RQCh. 33 - Describe the cardiac cycle, and relate the...Ch. 33 - Prob. 10RQCh. 33 - Prob. 11RQCh. 33 - Prob. 12RQCh. 33 - In what way do veins and lymphatic vessels...
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