A brief history of the discovery of the circulation of blood in the human body

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Azizi, Mohammad Hossein ^a,b   Nayernouri, Touraj ^a   Azizi, Farzaneh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Islamic Azad University ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood circulation; Galen; Harvey; Ibn Nafis; Rhazes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CIRCULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIASTOLE; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VEIN; NONHUMAN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTOLE;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 44849126620     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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