blood circulation
Let an agent explain blood circulation as a physiological process, describe the circuits and their regulation, relay measurements and reference values in general terms, and route personal circulatory symptoms and conditions to clinicians.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Anatomy The circuits.
Circuits
Pulmonary and systemic.
Circuits
Circuits.
- How does blood move through the pulmonary and systemic circuits? definition
- Is the user describing their own symptoms, which need a clinician? boundary
Vessels
Vessels.
Vessels
Vessels.
- What roles do arteries, capillaries and veins play? definition
- Which entry fits blood vessels? action
Physiology Flow and regulation.
Flow
Pressure and flow.
Flow
Flow.
- How do pressure, resistance and cardiac output determine flow? definition
- Which entry fits blood pressure? action
Regulation
Regulation.
Regulation
Regulation.
- How is circulation regulated by nerves, hormones and local control? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Regional Regional circulations.
Regions
Special circulations.
Regions
Regions.
- What is special about cerebral, coronary, renal and placental circulations? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific circulation? action
Measurement
Measurement.
Measurement
Measurement.
- How are flow, pressure and cardiac output measured? measurement
- Which methods are standard? provenance
Clinical Disorders and study.
Disorders
Circulatory disorders.
Disorders
Disorders.
- What disorders affect circulation, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user describing an emergency such as shock or stroke signs, which must be routed? boundary
History
History and teaching.
History
History.
- How was circulation discovered, from Harvey onward, and how is it taught? provenance
- Which entry fits cardiovascular physiology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cerebral blood circulation, gastric mucosal blood circulation, renal circulation, collateral circulation, placental circulation, splanchnic circulation, effective renal plasma flow, renal plasma flow, effective renal blood flow
What it is Filled
The movement of blood through a living organism, typically driven by cardiac pumping, transporting nutrients, wastes and, in many animals, respiratory gases; circulation varies across animal groups, with fish typically having a single circuit through the gills and body, while mammals and birds have pulmonary and systemic circuits; regional circulations such as cerebral, renal and placental circulation have specialised regulation where present.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain blood circulation as a physiological process, describe the circuits and their regulation, relay measurements and reference values in general terms, and route personal circulatory symptoms and conditions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Circulatory arrangements vary across animal groups, including single and double circuits.
- Blood flow is typically driven by cardiac pumping.
- Blood flow can be regulated by nerves, hormones and local factors.
- Regional circulations can have specialised features.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Give a diagnosis or treatment for a person's circulation problem.
- Dismiss symptoms such as chest pain, sudden weakness or a cold, pale limb.
- Promote unproven products for circulation.
- Monitor a person's circulation data without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision for a person.
May
- Explain how blood circulates through the pulmonary and systemic circuits.
- Direct a person with signs of shock, stroke or a clot to emergency services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Circulatory disease is a leading cause of death; delays in recognising emergencies cost lives.
Who is affected
- Patients
- People at risk of heart disease and stroke
Owners Filled
Steward
The person whose body it is; clinicians answer for care.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1435575 - registry parent class
- Q21172374 - registry parent class
related
- circulatory system process - a physiological process
- heart - the pump
- blood vessel - the conduits
- blood - the fluid
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.blood-circulation
- Wikidata: Q14852003 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14852003)
- Gene Ontology: GO:0008015 blood circulation
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- cardiac output at rest: about 5 litres per minute - adults
- circulation time: about 1 minute - at rest
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Diagrams show blood flow through species-specific circulatory pathways, such as a single circuit in fish or pulmonary and systemic circuits in mammals.
- Arteries, capillaries and veins carry blood in closed circulatory systems.
- The circulatory system as an organ system and the heart itself are separate entries from the actual flow of blood.
- Not visible as a whole; seen as pulse, blood pressure and flow on imaging.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the circuits and how blood flows
- explain regulation of flow and pressure
- describe regional circulations
- route personal questions to clinicians
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Circulatory failure and shock
- Blockages such as thrombosis and embolism
- Hypertension and its consequences
- Agents giving personal medical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Physiology reference values from clinical sources
- Clinical guidelines on circulatory conditions
Context of use required Filled
- Transporting oxygen, nutrients, hormones and waste around the body.
- pulmonary circulation
- systemic circulation
- coronary circulation
- cerebral, renal, splanchnic and other regional circulations
- fetal and placental circulation
- collateral circulation
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q14852003: blood circulation - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Blood circulation - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each regional circulation be a separate entry?
- How should reference values be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for regional circulations; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q14852003/spec.json