THE

CIRCULATOR
SYSTEM
Y

GROUP 2
 The circulatory
system is a network
consisting of blood,
blood vessels, and the
heart.
 This network supplies
tissues in the body with
oxygen and other
nutrients, transports
hormones, and removes
unnecessary waste
products.
MAJOR PARTS
OF THE
CIRCULATOR
Y
SYSTEM
 BLOOD
Blood is a constantly
circulating fluid providing the
body with nutrition, oxygen, and
waste removal. Blood is mostly
liquid, with numerous cells and
proteins suspended in it, making
blood "thicker" than pure water.
The average person has about 5
liters (more than a gallon) of
blood.
1. PLASMA
A liquid called plasma
makes up about half of
the content of blood.
Plasma contains
proteins that help
blood to clot,
transport substances
through the blood, and
perform other
functions. Blood plasma
also contains glucose
and other dissolved
2. RED BLOOD CELLS
Hemoglobin is the protein
inside red blood cells. It
carries oxygen. Red blood
cells also remove carbon dioxide
from your body, transporting it
to the lungs for you to
exhale. Red blood cells are made
in the bone marrow.
2. RED BLOOD CELLS
They typically live for about
120 days, and then they die.
When matured, in a healthy
individual these cells live in
blood circulation for about 100
to 120 days (and 80 to
90 days in a full term infant).
At the end of their lifespan,
they are removed from
circulation.
3. PLATELETS
Platelets are
tiny blood cells that
help your body form
clots to stop
bleeding. If one of
your blood vessels
gets damaged, it
sends out signals to
the platelets. The
platelets then rush
to the site of
damage. they form a
plug (clot) to fix
the damage.
3. WHITE BLOOD CELLS
A type of blood cell
that is made in the
bone marrow and
found in the blood
and lymph tissue.
White blood cells
are part of the
body’s immune
system. They help
the body fight
infection and other
diseases.
 TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD
CELLS
• Neutrophils mainly target bacteria
and fungus.
• Lymphocytes work the front lines to
identify and destroy foreign
invaders.
• Monocytes are important in the immune
system’s ability to destroy invaders,
but also in facilitating healing and
repair.
• Eosinophils target larger parasites,
such as worms, and modulate allergic
inflammatory responses.
• Basophils are the cells mainly
 BLOOD VESSELS
The blood vessels are part of
the circulatory system and
function to transport blood
throughout the body. The most
important types, arteries and
veins, carry blood away from or
towards the heart, respectively.
 TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS
• 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 and into organs.
• 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 cells.
• Veins. These are blood vessels that take
blood back to the heart; this blood
contains less oxygen and is rich in waste
products that are to be excreted or removed
from the body. Veins become larger as they
TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS
 HEART
The heart is a muscular
organ in most animals,
which pumps blood
through the blood
vessels of the
circulatory system.
Blood provides the body
with oxygen and
nutrients, as well as
assisting in the
removal of metabolic
wastes. In humans, the
heart is located
between the lungs, in
the middle compartment
HEART
3
TYPES
CIRCULATION
 Systemic Circulation
• Systemic circulation carries oxygenated
blood from the left ventricle, through the
arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of
the body. From the tissue capillaries, the
deoxygenated blood returns through a
system of veins to the right atrium of the
heart.
 Pulmonary
Circulation
• The pulmonary circulation is
the portion of the circulatory
system which carries
deoxygenated blood away from
the right ventricle of the
heart, to the lungs, and
returns oxygenated blood to the
left atrium and ventricle of
the heart.
Coronary Circulation
• Coronary circulation is
the circulation of blood in the
blood vessels that supply the
heart muscle
(myocardium). Coronary
arteries supply oxygenated
blood to the heart muscle,
and cardiac veins drain away
the blood once it has been
deoxygenated.