Transcript BCBio12_Chapter10_Section10.1

UNIT B: Human Body Systems
Chapter 8: Human Organization
Chapter 9: Digestive System
Chapter 10: Circulatory System and
Lymphatic System: Section 10.1
Chapter 11: Respiratory System
Chapter 12: Nervous System
Chapter 13: Urinary System
Chapter 14: Reproductive System
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Chapter 10: Circulatory System and Lymphatic System
Chapter 10: Circulatory System and Lymphatic System
In this chapter, you will learn
about the structure and
function of the circulatory
system and lymphatic
system.
In 2013, Lance Armstrong confessed to long-term blood
doping and the use of banned substances. Blood doping
involves artificially boosting the blood’s ability to bring
more oxygen to muscles. Aerobic capacity and
endurance improve where there are additional red blood
cells available to carry oxygen.
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What is the composition of
blood, including blood cells?
What organs and structures
control the flow of blood
throughout the body?
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Chapter 10: Circulatory System and Lymphatic System
Section 10.1
10.1 The Blood Vessels
The circulatory system has three types of blood vessels.
• Arteries: carry blood away from the heart to the capillaries
• Capillaries: permit exchange of material with the tissues
• Veins: return blood from the capillaries to the heart
All three blood vessel types have an inner endothelium, a
simple squamous epithelium attached to a connective tissue
basement membrane that has elastic fibres.
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The Arteries
The largest artery in the body is the
aorta, which carries O2-rich blood
from the heart to other parts of the
body.
The arterial wall has three layers.
• Inner layer: endothelium
• Middle layer: smooth muscle that
contracts and relaxes to regulate
blood flow and pressure
• Outer layer: fibrous connective
tissue
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Figure 10.1 Blood vessels. The walls of arteries
and veins have three layers. The inner layer is
composed largely of endothelium, with a basement
membrane that has elastic fibres; the middle layer is
smooth muscle tissue; the outer layer is connective
tissue (largely collagen fibres).
a. Arteries have a thicker wall than veins because
they have a larger middle layer than veins.
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Arterioles are small arteries that branch off from
an artery.
Arterioles have three layers.
• Inner layer: endothelium
• Middle layer: some elastic tissue but mostly
smooth muscle
o Smooth muscle contracts: blood vessel
constricts, resulting in higher blood
pressure
o Smooth muscle relaxes: blood vessel
relaxes, resulting in lower blood pressure
• Outer layer: fibrous connective tissue
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The Capillaries
Capillaries are narrow blood
vessels that join arterioles to
venules.
• Composed of a single layer
of epithelium with a
basement membrane
• Form vast networks
(capillary beds) throughout
the body
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• Only certain capillary beds are open at any given time.
o After eating, capillary beds that serve the digestive system are
open, and those that serve the muscles are mostly closed
o Sphincter muscles relax to open the bed and allow blood flow
o Sphincter muscles contract to close the bed and prevent blood
flow
o When the bed is closed, blood flows through anastomoses
(arteriovenous shunts) directly from arterioles to venules,
bypassing the bed
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Figure 10.2 Anatomy of a capillary bed. A capillary bed forms a maze of capillary
vessels that lies between an arteriole and a venule. When precapillary sphincter
muscles are relaxed, the capillary bed is open, and blood flows through the capillaries.
When sphincter muscles are contracted, blood flows through a shunt (anastomosis)
that carries blood directly from an arteriole to a venule. As blood passes through a
capillary in the tissues, it gives up its oxygen. Therefore, blood goes from being O2-rich
in the arteriole (red colour) to being O2-poor in the vein (blue colour).
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• Exchange of substances takes place across the thin walls of
the capillaries.
o Oxygen and nutrients diffuse out of the capillary and into
the tissue fluid that surrounds cells
o Wastes (carbon dioxide) diffuse into the capillary
o Some water leaves the capillaries, and excess is picked
up by lymphatic vessels
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The Veins
Veins and venules (small veins) take
blood from the capillary beds to the
heart.
• Veins and venules have the same
three layers as arteries, but there
is less smooth muscle and
connective tissue
• Veins have valves, which allow
blood to flow toward the heart
when open and prevent blood
from flowing backward when
closed
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• Veins act as a blood reservoir
o Since their walls are thinner, they can expand to a
greater extent
o About 70% of blood is in the veins
• The largest veins in the body are the venae cavae (superior
vena cava, inferior vena cava), which deliver O2-poor blood
to the heart
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Figure 10.1 Blood vessels. The walls of arteries and veins have three layers. The
inner layer is composed largely of endothelium, with a basement membrane that has
elastic fibres; the middle layer is smooth muscle tissue; the outer layer is connective
tissue (largely collagen fibres). a. Arteries have a thicker wall than veins because they
have a larger middle layer than veins. b. Capillary walls are one-cell-thick endothelium.
c. Veins are generally larger in diameter than arteries, so collectively, veins have a
larger holding capacity than arteries. d. Light micrograph of an artery and a vein.
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Check Your Progress
1. Describe how blood flow is controlled in each of the
three major types of blood vessels.
2. List several specific substances that diffuse across
capillary walls.
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