Topic: The Circulatory System
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Topic: The
Circulatory System
Aim: What makes up the circulatory
system? How does this system
accomplish it’s function?
What are the functions of
the circulatory system?
Delivers food and oxygen to body cells
Carries carbon dioxide and wastes away
from body cells
Transports disease-fighting cells and
chemical messengers
Pumps blood throughout the body
What is the pacemaker?
Nerve tissue in the heart that controls the
heartbeat
What is the septum?
A thick wall of tissue that divides the
heart into right and left sides
Describe the right atrium.
Upper right chamber of heart that
receives blood
Collects oxygen poor blood
(deoxygenated) from the body
Describe the right
ventricle.
Lower right chamber of the heart that
pumps blood out to the lungs
What is a valve?
A small flap of tissue that separates the
upper and lower chambers
Prevents backflow of blood
Describe the left atrium.
Upper left chamber that receives blood
It collects oxygen-rich (oxygenated) blood
from the lungs
Describe the left ventricle.
Lower left chamber that pumps blood out
to the body (contains more muscle mass
than the right ventricle)
What are arteries?
Thick, muscular elastic-like blood vessels
They carry blood away from the heart
Ex: aorta (largest blood vessel)
What are capillaries?
Very thin-walled blood vessels
One blood cell wide
Food, oxygen, and wastes leave the
capillaries and enter the cells
What are veins?
They are larger than capillaries but not as
thick and muscular as arteries
They contain one-way valves
They carry blood to the heart
Ex: vena cava
What is blood?
Blood is liquid tissue
It does not stay in one spot
What is blood made of?
Plasma
Red blood cells
White blood cells
platelets
What is plasma?
Liquid portion of blood
Mostly made of water (92%)
Carries substances
Describe the function of
red blood cells.
They contain hemoglobin which carries
oxygen and carbon dioxide
Makes up 95% of blood
What is hemoglobin?
An iron-containing protein
It binds to oxygen in the lungs
Describe the function of
white blood cells.
They fight infections and disease
What is the function of platelets?
Used for blood clotting
Repairs injured blood vessels
Creates fibrin
What is LYMPH?
Plasma that leaks out of blood
vessels
Becomes absorbed into lymph
vessels
Special cells called LYMPH
NODES clean the plasma of
bacteria and dead cells before
it is returned to the blood
Plasma is returned by veins
What are the four
blood groups?
Type A – anti B
Type B – anti A
Type AB – none
Universal acceptor
Type O – anti A,
anti B
Universal donor
Rh Factor – a group of
18 proteins found on
red blood cells
If one or more of the 18
Rh proteins are
present, you are Rh+
If none are present, you
are Rh-
What are two types of
cardiovascular disease?
ARTHEROSCLEROSIS
Thickening of the inner lining of arteries
Blocks blood flow
Caused by fats and cholesterol
Arteries become more and more narrow
HYPERTENSION
High blood pressure
Damages blood vessels
Makes the heart work very hard
What can happen as a
result of cardiovascular
disease?
HEART ATTACK
Heart cells die
STROKE
Brain cells die