heart pumps more blood per heartbeat, resting heart rate slows, blood volume increases, body can cool itself better, resting blood pressure decrease, metabolism in skeletal muscle enhanced (improved fuel use), increased antioxidant chemicals in body and lowers oxidative stress. muscular strength helps:
This is what I found out by googling.Sigmoid means S shaped. Tortuous means it's more curvy than usual, but rarely has particular significance. A tortuous sigmoid simply means that there are a lot of twists and turns. By itself, this is an anatomical variant and not linked to a specific diseaseHope this helps a bit.
Medical Definition of Sigmoid. Sigmoid: In human anatomy, the lower colon (the lower portion of the large bowel). Sigmoid is short for sigmoid colon. From the Greek letter sigma, which is shaped like a C. Sigmoid also means curved in two directions like the letter S. For example, a sigmoid curve is an S-shaped curve. Search MedTerms: