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University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a detailed index of photographs for cardiovascular pathology. You can see what a normal human heart looks like and what a sick one looks like too. Come and check it out.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's With All the Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how...
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: The Heart Valves

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of the heart valves shows how blood flows through the heart.
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PBS

Nova Online: Troubled Hearts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.