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SYSTEM
Circulatory System
TheCirculatory Systemis
responsible for transporting materials
throughout the entire body. It
transports nutrients, water, and
oxygen to your billions of body cells
and carries away wastes such as
carbon dioxide that body cells
produce.It is an amazing highway that
travels through your entire body
connecting all your body cells.
pulmonary vein
pulmonary artery
lungs
head & arms
aorta
main
vein
Righ
t
Left
liver
digestive system
kidneys
legs
the system
the system
deals with
deals with
deoxygenated
oxygenated
blood.
blood.
Body cells
The Heart
The heart is located a little to the
left of the middle of your chest and
is about the size of your fist.
The right and left sides of the heart
each have an upper chamber
(ATRIUM), which collects blood and
pumps it into the lower chamber
(VENTRICLES), which pumps blood
out.
This is a vein.
It brings blood
from the body,
except the
lungs
2
atria
2
ventricles
THE
HEART
THE HEART
Artery to
lungs
Vein from
Head and
body
Right
Atrium
Valve
Right
Ventricl
blood from
the lungs
ARTERY
Thick walled muscle.
Carry blood away from the heart.
the elastic fibres
allow the artery to
stretch under
pressure
thick muscle and
elastic fibres
the thick muscle can
contract to push the blood
VEIN
Carry blood towards the heart.
Thin walled muscle.
veins have valves
which act to stop the
blood from going in the
wrong direction.
thin muscle
and elastic
fibres
CAPILLARY
THE BLOOD
Red blood
cell
Platelet
Plasma
PLATELETS
Also called Thrombocytes.
Smaller than WBC and RBC.
1 platelet = 20 RBC
Helps in the clotting process.
Survive only 9 days in the
bloodstream.
PLASMA
Liquid component of the blood.
Constitutes more than half of
the bloods volume.
Consists of dissolved salts
(electrolytes) and proteins.
Contains Albumin which binds
and carries substances such as hormones
certain drug.
Includes Antibodies (Immunoglobulin),
which defend the body against viruses,
bacteria, fungi and cancer cells.
carbon dioxide
glucose
amino acids
proteins
minerals
vitamins
hormones
waste
materials
like urea.
COMMON DISEASES OF
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Anemia - lack of iron in the blood, low RBC
count.
Leukemia - white blood cells proliferate wildly,
causing anemia.
Hemophilia - bleeders disease, due to lack of
fibrinogen in thrombocytes.
Heart Murmur - abnormal heart beat, caused
by valve problems.
Heart attack -blood vessels around the heart
become blocked with plaque, also called
myocardial infarction.