Unit 4 Anatomy & Physiolgy

I have been alerted that a pretty healthy twenty seven year old female has some bacteria that is invading the lower lobe of her right lung. I am going to go enter into her lung so that I can get a better idea of what is exactly going on here. I will be injected into her femoral vein, which is located in her leg, and from there I will go north, through her heart and into her lungs. I have also been coated with a special substance, that way her white blood cells don’t think that I am some kind of a foreign object.

Now, that everyone is aware of what is happening, I hope you’re as ready as I am. Let’s get this adventure started, I hope we have some fun!!!

I have now been entered into the patient’s femoral vein where I am headed north to her right lung. The femoral vein is one of the largest veins in the body. I have seen quite a few different types of cells go by me & I just saw an army of white blood cells headed the same way that I am. They are probably going towards the bacteria infestation in her right lung. I can also hear her heart beat and her blood flowing. The right femoral vein is now turning into the external iliac vein which now puts me by the urinary system and reproductive system. This is also known as her pelvic region. As I continue north the eternal iliac vein is now called the common iliac vein. The common iliac vein is now called the inferior vena cava. That means that we are coming closer to her heart. I am now in the abdomen of her body. There are different veins that empty blood into the inferior vena cava. Looking around, I can see the left and right renal veins. If I would make a turn to go through these veins, I would enter the inside of her kidneys.

As I travel a little further north in here, I am still surrounded by the white blood cells, and I can now see the hepatic veins, which means that I am now by her liver. How exciting! The liver is in fact a very important organ. It is the organ that helps filter out toxins from our blood....