Zerria Ashley Patoc 9 – Diamond

Circulatory system: The system that moves blood throughout the body. The circulatory
system is composed of the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins. This remarkable
system transports oxygenated blood from the lungs and heart throughout the body via
the arteries. The blood goes through the capillaries which are situated between the
arteries and veins. And the blood that has been depleted of oxygen by the body is then
returned to the lungs and heart via the veins.

Types of Circulation of Blood

In a human body, there are three types of circulation of blood:

Systemic (greater) circulation:

The blood flows from the left ventricle, through various parts of the body, to
the right atrium, i.e. from the left to the right side of the heart through the
arteries and veins which traverse the whole body. This circulation is
responsible for keeping the body tissues alive by supplying a continuous
stream of blood to them.
Pulmonary (lesser) circulation:

The blood flows from the right ventricle, through the lungs, to the left atrium,
i.e. from the right to the left side of the heart. This circulation is responsible for
oxygenation of blood. In pulmonary circulation, the blood passes through the
lungs where Carbon dioxide is eliminated and Oxygen is added to blood. In
this way, the pulmonary circulation makes sure that systemic circulation
remains effective.

Portal circulation:

It is a part of systemic circulation, which has the following characteristics.

 The blood passes through two sets of capillaries before draining into a
systemic vein.
 The vein draining the first capillary network is known as portal
vein which branches like an artery to form the second set of capillaries
or sinusoids. Examples: hepatic portal circulation, hypothalamo
hypophyseal portal circulation and renal portal circulation.
Human heart

Fuction of the heart

The human heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body via the
circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing
carbon dioxide and other wastes.

There are three main types of blood vessels:

 Arteries. They begin with the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart.
Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to all of the body's
tissues. They branch several times, becoming smaller and smaller as
they carry blood farther from the heart.
 Capillaries. These are small, thin blood vessels that connect the
arteries and the veins. Their thin walls allow oxygen, nutrients, carbon
dioxide, and other waste products to pass to and from our organ's cells.
 Veins. These are blood vessels that take blood back to the heart; this
blood lacks oxygen (oxygen-poor) and is rich in waste products that are
to be excreted or removed from the body. Veins become larger and
larger as they get closer to the heart. The superior vena cava is the
large vein that brings blood from the head and arms to the heart, and
the inferior vena cava brings blood from the abdomen and legs into the
heart.
Function of the circulatory system:

 The circulatory system delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells and takes away
wastes.

 The heart pumps oxygenated and deoxygenated blood on different sides.

 The types of blood vessels include arteries, capillaries and veins.

Overview

The heart is a large muscular organ which constantly pushes oxygen-rich blood to the brain
and extremities and transports oxygen-poor blood from the brain and extremities to the
lungs to gain oxygen. Blood comes into the right atrium from the body, moves into the right
ventricle and is pushed into the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. After picking up oxygen, the
blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium, to the left
ventricle and out to the body's tissues through the aorta.