Fungal infections can be acquired by inhalation, ingestion, or through the skin (for example, through a cut or wound). Some fungal infections can cause disease in otherwise healthy animals, while others require a host that is sick, weakened, or immunocompromised to establish infection.
The heart is at the center of your circulatory system, which is a network of blood vessels that delivers blood to every part of your body. Blood carries oxygen and other important nutrients that all body organs need to stay healthy and to work properly. Your heart is a muscle, and its job is to pump blood throughout your circulatory system.
As you'll recall, the right and left sides of your heart each have a ventricle, or chamber responsible for pumping blood out of your heart. The right ventricle pumps blood to your lungs for oxygenation, while the left ventricle pumps blood to your entire body.