II. Physiology
- Blood Volume
- Child: 80-90 ml/kg (Blood Volume is 8-9% of body weight)
- Adult: 70 ml/kg (Blood Volume is 7% of body weight)
- Blood Distribution
- Venous circuit contains 60-70% of the Blood Volume
- Venous Vasoconstriction is a key mechanism to stabilize Blood Pressure in fluid loss
- Arteries and arterioles hold 15% of Blood Volume
- Capillaries hold 5% of Blood Volume
- Venous circuit contains 60-70% of the Blood Volume
III. Images
- Total Body Water
- Cardiac Cycle Volumes and Pressures (Wiggers Diagram)
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Definition (MSH) | Volume of circulating BLOOD. It is the sum of the PLASMA VOLUME and ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME. |
Definition (CSP) | volume of circulating blood, the sum of the plasma volume and erythrocyte volume. |
Concepts | Organism Attribute (T032) |
MSH | D001810 |
SnomedCT | 16086006 |
LNC | LP29006-1, MTHU014495 |
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Japanese | 循環血液量, ジュンカンケツエキリョウ |
Swedish | Blodvolym |
Czech | krevní objem, Objem krve |
Finnish | Veritilavuus |
Russian | KROVI OB"EM, КРОВИ ОБЪЕМ |
Croatian | KRVNI VOLUMEN |
Italian | Volume ematico, Volume sanguigno |
Polish | Objętość krwi |
Hungarian | Vértérfogat |
Norwegian | Blodvolum |
Spanish | volemia, volumen de sangre, volumen sanguíneo (entidad observable), volumen sanguíneo (función), volumen sanguíneo, Volumen sanguíneo, Volumen Sanguíneo |
Portuguese | Volume sanguíneo, Volume Sanguíneo |
Dutch | volume bloed, Bloedvolume, Volume, bloed- |
French | Volémie, Volume sanguin |
German | Blutvolumen |