The Circulatory system
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THE
CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM
The Transportation System
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0s1MC1hcE&feature=related
Composed of heart, blood vessels and
blood
Function: transport materials throughout
the body to cells and take waste products
away from cells
THE HEART - THE PUMP
4 Chambers
left
and right atria receive blood to the heart
left and right ventricles pump blood away from the
heart
Valves open to allow blood to pass through and
close to prevent backflow
Sinoatrial node – area above the right atrium that
generates a normal sinus rhythm (causes the heart
to beat)
THE HEART – THE PUMP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgI80UeAMo&feature=player_embedded#
http://www.medicalook.com/Heart_diseases/
THE BLOOD VESSELS – THE HIGHWAYS
Artery – carries blood away from the heart
Vein – carries blood toward the heart
Capillaries – connect arteries and veins; they
are so thin that nutrients and oxygen diffuse
right through them
THE BLOOD – THE TRUCKS & POLICE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRh_dAzXuoU
Composed of
plasma
– yellowish liquid part of blood that carries
nutrients, clotting factors, sugar, hormones, etc.
red blood cells – erythrocytes - made in the bone
marrow - carry oxygen and carbon dioxide –
hemoglobin gives them the red color
white blood - leukocytes – made in bone marrow,
lymph tissue, thymus, spleen – defend the body against
invaders
platelets - thrombocytes – aid in clotting of blood –
formed in bone marrow