Report on Principles for Health and Social Care
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Physiological Principles for Health and Social Care
INTRODUCTION The focus of the report is on gaining information about those body functions which hasgreat effect on health and social care. The project will include study of main structures of humanbody and developing suitable nomenclature in order to work with health professionals. It willalso include details about various structures, their positions and function in human body.1.1 Main economical features of human bodyThe human body consist of many biological systems that are meant to perform particularfunctions that are very essential for everyday living (Schoenherr and Hamstra, 2017) Variousbiological system and their features are:Circulatory system: The function of circulatory system is to ensure smooth flow of blood cellsthroughout human body. Circulatory system consists of various elements such as heart, blood,blood vessels, arteries and veins.Digestive system: It consists of series of interconnected organs that works together in order toenable human body to breakdown and absorb food and remove waste from body. It involves themouth, Oesophagus, stomach, large and small intestine, rectum and anus. Significant role is alsobeing played by liver and pancreas as they produce digestive juices.Endocrine system- It consists of eight major glands which secrets hormones into blood. Thehormones then travel to different tissues and regulate various functions of body such asmetabolism, growth.Immune system -It supports human body in protecting it from harmful bacteria, viruses andother harmful diseases. It involves lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, lymphocytes, thymus andleukocytes which are referred to as white blood cells.Lymphatic system- It involves lymph nodes, ducts and lymph vessels and also plays active partin providing protection to human body from various harmful bacteria and viruses. Their maintask of this to create and move lymph. It consists of transparent fluid that includes white bloodscells, which assist body to fight against various infections. It helps body in removing excesslymph fluid from tissues and returning remaining fluid to the blood.1
Nervous system-It plays significant role in controlling voluntary and involuntary action. Thevoluntary actions include conscious movement while involuntary movement include breathing.Its role is to provide signals to different parts of human body. The central nervous systemconsists of brain and spinal cord. On the other hand, peripheral, nervous system includes suchnerves that connects every part of body to central nervous system. It helps central nervoussystem in developing coordination with other parts of the body.Muscular system-It includes about 650 muscles that assists body in making various movements,ensuring flow of blood throughout body and assist body in its smooth functioning. Three kinds ofmuscles are present in human body. These are skeletal muscles that have connection with boneand assist body in voluntary movement. Smooth muscle is present inside organs and aids in flowof substances in various organs and throughout cardiac muscles that are present in the heart andthat provide help in flow of blood throughout body.Reproductive system-This system enables human body to reproduce. Male reproductive systeminvolves penis and testes that produces sperm. On the other hand, female, reproductive systemcontains vagina, uterus and ovaries that helps them to produce eggs.Respiratory system- It consists mainly of Trachea, the diaphram, and lungs that enables humanto take oxygen and expel out carbon dioxide. This process is referred to as breathing.Excretory system-The whole system consists of two kidneys, two ureters, bladder, two splintermuscles and urethra. This system assists human body in eliminating waste products.Skin system-It is the largest organ of the body. It provides protection to body against variousinfections, viruses and bacteria (Boas, 2017.)Skeletal system consists of bones , cartilage tendon s and ligaments .The skeletal system act asthe body’s physical support and also intends to protect the inner organs and provide themstructure to attach. It is essential element for movement of body.Muscular systems comprises of skeletal and smooth muscle. It is used to produce voluntary aswell as involuntary movements. Skeletal muscles are used by the body organs such as bloodvessels , bladder and heart to genera voluntary movement (Tasman,2008)2
The respiratory and circulatory system works together in order to deliver cells withoxygen which is important for cellular respiration. This process includes breaking down ofglucose so that energy is released in a form that cells can then use, as carbon dioxide is producedas a waste product. The carbon dioxide then needs to be excreted out from cells as it coulddamage or lead to the death of a person. Glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water + energy. Inaddition, the respiratory system is also accountable for getting oxygen into the human body andcarbon dioxide out. This occurs when person inhale (breathe in) and exhale (breath out). Whenhuman being breathes in, they actually take in a mixture of gases from the air present in theenvironment. The air moves down the trachea (or windpipe), then down into one of two narrowertubes called bronchi (bronchus), then into smaller branching tubes called bronchioles which endin tiny air sacs called alveoli (alveolus) (Draude, 2017)3Illustration 1: Features Of Human bodySource:(Human Physiology,2017)
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