Introduction Most people don't know very much about heart disease, and used to be one of those people. I wanted to be informed on these things that I didn't know about. I didn't want to go on not knowing about it, especially when many members of my family have been diagnosed with some type of hea...

The Heart and the Circulatory System Introduction Imagine that you are living in the year 1535, and that you don't feel well. You have had some problems with fatigue, feeling a little more tired than usual when you walked to the market and back. You tell this to your physician, and he sends y...

Disorders of the Heart Introduction The Heart and Circulation The cardiovascular system is an elaborate network that performs 2 major tasks. Firstly it delivers oxygen and nutrients to body organs, and secondly it removes waste products of metabolism from tissue cells. The heart's major componen...

Descent into Darkness: The Fallacies of Colonialism Present in Heart of Darkness The European colonization of Africa was intended to bring the light of civilization and European society to the darkness of an unknown and poorly understood continent. Armed with technology and ignorance to the darkn...