Many of the health problems students will encounter among friends, family and in thier community will be heart related. The terms translant, pacemaker, bypass, murmurs, artificial valves, blood donation and transfusion, none of which are on the syllabus, will no doubt occur in any class discussion on the circulatory system. The document below contains basic background information on each of them, plus a few interesting "did you know?" facts on the heart.
