blood pump
Circulatory system engine
A blood pump is a mechanical device that circulates blood through the body or through medical equipment.
The heart is the body's natural blood pump.
In medicine, blood pumps appear in heart-lung machines during surgery, in dialysis equipment, and in ventricular assist devices that help failing hearts: The surgeons connected the patient to a blood pump while they repaired the valve.
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- cardiovascular systemHeart and blood vessels
- circulationMovement through a system
beating heart · aorta · pulse · arteries · veins · oxygen · flow · beating · muscle · chambers · valves · heart valve · systole · diastole · rhythm · thump · life · life force
blood pumpblood vessel
Tube conveying circulation
vein · spleen · capillary · capillary bed · artery
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