Assignment on cardiology. QUESTIONS. ?

Question

What is this area?

What do these people study?

What do you call the people who study this branch of biology?

Give an example of a career related to this area.

Why is this branch of biology important to us?

Include 3 interesting facts about this area of biology?

Answer 1

study of the heart

-the heart

-cardiologists

-thoracic surgeon

-the heart is a vital organ that is prone to many problems, especially in obese people (over half of America)

--Heart muscle is different from all other muscle in the body

--The heart beats on its own, the brain can only tell it to slow down or speed up

--The average heart pumps about 1600 gallons of blood every day.

Answer 2

People who study this branch of biology can be called many things depending on what aspect of heart function, physiology, development, and or disease they study and if they have a medical degree. Very few thoracic surgeons study biology, by the way. They practice medicine, so there is a big difference. The ones who do are mostly concerned with improving techniques. A career related to this field is a scientist. Many scientists study the heart.