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Chapter 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange Flashcards

1
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All animals have a circulatory system.

True or false?

A

False

Some animals lack a circulatory system

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Some _____________ have functions in both digestion and distribution of substances throughout the body

-two cells thick

A

Cnidarians

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Flatworms have a ____________ cavity and flat body.

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Gastrovascular

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4
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Do planarians have a circulatory system?

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No

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Three major components of the circulatory system…

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  • circulatory fluid
  • set of interconnected vessels
  • heart
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What’s The circulatory fluid in open circulatory systems called?

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Hemolymph

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What is an open system?

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Blood is not always in the blood vessels, ends up in the body cavities directly bathing the organs. When the heart relaxes it draws the hemolymph back in the pores and valves.

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What are the advantages of an open and closed circulatory system?

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Closed- this system helps organisms that move quickly. It’s more efficient at transporting circulatory fluids to tissues and cells

Open-uses less energy

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9
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In a close circulatory system, blood is confined to the vessels and is distinct from the ___________.

A

Interstitial fluid

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Examples of open and closed systems?

A

Open- insects, other Anthropods, and most Mollusca

Closed- annelids, cephalopods, and vertebrates

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Arteries and veins are distinguished by….

Not by O2 content

A

The direction of blood flow

Not all arteries carry oxygenated blood

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12
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The site of chemical exchange between the blood and interstitial fluid*

Nutrient and gas exchange

A

Capillary beds

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What type of circulation does the blood pressure drop significantly?

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Single circulation

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Bonnie fishes, rays, and sharks have ___________ circulation with a ______________ heart. ***

A

Single

Two chambered heart (one atria and one ventricle)

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In single circulation, blood leaving the heart passes through __________________ before returning

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Two capillary beds.

Gill capillaries and body capillaries

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Oxygen poor and oxygen rich blood are pumped separately from the right and left sides of the heart. pulmonary and systemic circuit

Type of circulation seen in amphibians, reptiles, and mammals

A

Double circulation

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In reptiles and mammals, oxygen poor blood flows from the pulmonary circuit to pick up oxygen through the lungs

In amphibians, oxygen poor blood flows through a ______________ circuit to pick up oxygen through the lungs and skin

A

Pulmocutaneous

-Oxygen rich blood delivers oxygen to the systemic circuit

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18
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Double circulation maintains _________ blood pressure in the organs then does single circulation

A

Higher

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19
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How many chambered heart do amphibians have?

A

3

2 atria and 1 ventricle

There is some mixing of blood but there are ridges in the ventricle that help keep deoxygenated and oxygenated blood from mixing too much

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In amphibians, The ventricle pumps blood into a _______________ that splits the ventricles output into the pulmocutaneous circuit and the systemic circuit

A

Forked artery

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What’s the advantage of amphibians having one ventricle?

A

They can pick up gases when underwater through the skin

Blood flow to the lungs is nearly shut off

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22
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How many Chambers do reptiles have?

A

3 Chambers

2atria, 1 ventricle

They have an incomplete septum, so they can create a complete shunt when underwater

There is less mixing in the heart compared to amphibians, Can block pulmonary circuit

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23
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Reptiles have _______________, with a pulmonary circuit (lungs) and a systemic circuit

A

Double circulation

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24
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The aorta provides blood to the heart through the ____________ arteries

A

Coronary

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25
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What vessels take deoxygenated blood to the lungs?

A

Pulmonary arteries

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26
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What vessels take oxygenated blood to the left atrium?

A

Pulmonary veins

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27
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The heart contracts and relaxes in a rhythmic cycle called the…

A

Cardiac cycle

Systole(contracting) and diastole (relaxing or filling phase)

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Also known as pulse or the number of beats per minute

About 70 beats per minute

A

Heart rate

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The amount of blood pumped in a single contraction

A

Stroke volume

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30
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The volume of blood pumped into the systemic circulation per minute and depends on both the heart rate and stroke volume

About 5 liters a minute?

A

Cardiac output

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31
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What sound is made from the recoil of blood against the arterioventricular valves when they close ?

A

“Lub”

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32
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What sound is made from the recoil of blood against semi lunar valve’s that close?

A

“Dub”

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33
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Some cardiac muscles are ______________, meaning the contract without any signal from the nervous system

A

Self excitable

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34
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What muscles causes the contraction of ventricles?

A

Perkinjie

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35
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Set the rate and timing at which cardiac muscles contract

In the wall of the right atrium

Also known as the pacemaker

Slight delayed to allow complete emptying

A

Sinoatrial (SA) node

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36
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What initiates the heartbeat, it sends out an excitatory impulse every .85 seconds

A

SA node “pacemaker”

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  • located at the base of the right atrium wall
  • when impulses (that originated in the SA node) reach the _________, there is a slight delay that allows the atria to finish their contraction
  • an impulse then travels through the branches of the atrioventricular bundle before reaching the Purkinje fibers
A

AV (atrioventricular) node

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38
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Specialized muscle cells that cause the ventricles to contract

A

Purkinje fibers

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39
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Intrinsic control of the heart beat….

Extrinsic control of the heartbeat…

A

-The SA and AV node

  • autonomic nervous system
  • hormones
  • temperature
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40
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How does the autonomic nervous system Control the heartbeat?

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Sympathetic system-increases heart rate, speeds up the pacemaker

Parasympathetic system-decreases SA and AV nodal activity, slow down The peacemaker to decrease heart rate when we are inactive

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41
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Besides the autonomic nervous system, what are two other factors that have extrinsic control of the heartbeat?

A

Hormones such as epinephrine

Temperature, and increase in 1°C can increase the heart by 10 bpm

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42
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A vessels cavity is called the _______________.

What are the vessels structure?

A

Central lumen

  • endothelium (epithelial player that lines blood vessels)
  • smooth muscle
  • connective tissue
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43
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Vessel that….

  • has thin walls
  • The endothelium plus it’s basil lamina, to facilitate the exchange of materials
A

Capillaries

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44
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Vessel that….

  • has the thickest walls to accommodate the high pressure of blood pumped from heart
  • endothelium
  • smooth muscle
  • connective tissue
A

Arteries

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45
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Vessels that…

  • thinner walled, blood flows back to the heart mainly as a result of muscle contraction, valves to prevent back flow
  • endothelium
  • smooth muscle
  • connective tissue
A

Veins

46
Q

Velocity of blood flow is slowest in the _____________.

A

capillary beds

  • high resistance
  • large total cross-sectional area
  • allows for exchange of materials
47
Q

In capillary beds…

The area _______
The velocity_______
The pressure_______

A

Increases
Decreases
Decreases

48
Q

Blood pressure is higher in arteries to help transport materials but as the blood pressure drops, the ____________ increases. At the venous end waste goes into the vessel due to this.

A

Osmotic pressure

49
Q

Blood pressure is determined by _____________ and ______________.

A

Cardiac output

Peripheral resistance due to constriction of arterioles

50
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  • The pressure in the arteries during ventricular systole

- it is the highest pressure in the arteries

A

Systolic pressure

51
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  • The pressure in the arteries during diastole

- Lower than systolic pressure

A

Diastolic pressure

52
Q

The rhythmic bulging of artery walls with each heartbeat

A

Pulse

53
Q

What’s is a healthy blood pressure for a 20-year-old at rest?

A

120Mm Hg / 70 mm Hg

54
Q

How is blood moved through veins?

A
  • smooth muscle contraction
  • skeletal muscle contraction
  • expansion of the vena cava with inhalation
  • One way valves in veins prevent backflow of blood
55
Q

Blood flows through only _________% of the body’s capillaries at a time

Capillaries in major organs are usually filled to capacity

Blood supply varies in many other sites

A

5-10%

56
Q

What are the two mechanisms that regulate distribution of blood into capillary beds?

A
  • contraction of the smooth muscle layer in the wall of an arteriole to constricts the vessels
  • Precapillary sphincters control flow of blood between arterioles and venules

Blood flow is regulated by nerve impulses, hormones, and other chemicals

57
Q

The exchange of substances between the blood and interstitial fluid takes place across the ____________ of the capillaries

A

Endothelial wall

58
Q

Most blood proteins and all blood cells are too large to pass through the endothelium.

True or false?

A

True

59
Q

Contains sodium, potassium and other ions

  • plasma proteins
  • fibrinogen-to clot blood
  • antibodies

Liquid portion of the blood

A

Plasma

60
Q

Along with plasma what is blood composed of?

A
  • red blood cells
  • white blood cells
  • platelets
61
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  • 90% water
  • contains inorganic or organic substances dissolved or suspended in water
  • plasma proteins (transport of substances,clotting, fighting disease) helps maintain blood volume and viscosity
A

Plasma

62
Q

Where are red blood cells (erythrocytes) Made?

A

Red bone marrow

63
Q

What do you mature red blood cells lack? What is the advantage?

A

Nuclei and mitochondria in mammals

This will leave more space for hemoglobin

Can bind up to 4 oxygen!*

64
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  • most numerous blood cells

- contains hemoglobin

A

Red blood cells (erythrocytes)

65
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  • Red iron containing pigment
  • heme portion binds 02
  • for molecules of O2
  • carbon monoxide, a pollutant, can also bind at heme sites, can bee lethal and combines more regularly than oxygen
A

Hemoglobin

66
Q

Red blood cells last around ______ days and then are destroyed in the __________ and __________.

A

120 days

Liver and spleen

67
Q

What causes sickle cell disease?

A

Mutation in hemoglobin

68
Q
  • nucleated
  • lack hemoglobin
  • role is to fight infection and provide immunity
  • five types
A

White blood cells (leukocytes)

69
Q

White blood cells can be categorized into what two types?

A

Granulocytes- visible granules in cytoplasm (enzymes and proteins)

Agranulocytes-lack visible granules

70
Q
  • forms as a result of fragmentation of large cells in the red bone marrow
  • involved in the process of clotting
A

Platelets

71
Q

The steps of blood clotting…

A
  • platelets form a plug for immediate stoppage of bleeding
  • platelets and damaged tissue release prothrombin activator which requires calcium ions
  • prothrombin activator activates the plasma protein prothrombin to thrombin
  • thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin
  • three threads of fiberin become interwoven into a patch clot, is composed of a network of fibrin threads in trapped cells
  • as damage heals, plasmin breaks down the clot and restores fluidity of the plasma
72
Q
  • inherited disorder
  • deficiency in a clotting factor
  • internal bleeding can cause serious damage to cells and tissues
A

Hemophilia

73
Q

Stem cells in the red marrow include…

A
  • erythrocytes
  • leukocytes
  • platelets
74
Q
  • stimulates erythrocyte production when O2 delivery is low

- produced by the kidneys

A

Erythropoietin (EPO)

75
Q

What helps maintain membrane fluidity? What are the two types?

A

Cholesterol

LDL- delivers cholesterol to cells for membrane production

HDL-scavenges cholesterol for return to the liver

76
Q

-Hardening of the arteries by fat deposits
-plaque formation and vessels caused by fat and cholesterol
-plaques can cause clots to form thrombus
If clotbreaks loose it becomes a thromboembolism

A

Atherosclerosis

77
Q

Heart attack is also called?

A

Myocardial infarction

78
Q

Caused by partial blockage of the coronary arteries and results in chest pain

A

Angina pectoris

79
Q

This is the pressure exerted by a particular gas in a mixture of gases

A

Partial pressure

80
Q

What is respiratory mediums and respiratory services?

A

Animals can use air or water as a source of O2 for their respiratory medium

respiratory services include outer surface, skin, gills, trachea, and lungs

81
Q

What two places in the respiratory system have cartilage rings?

A

Larynx and trachea

82
Q

Functions are too warm air during inhalation, cleanser, humidifier. Contains odor receptors, tear glands drained into this…

A

Nasal cavity

83
Q
  • Connects nasal and oral cavities to larynx
  • tonsils form a protective ring
  • larynx and trachea are normally open
  • esophagus is normally closed
A

Pharynx

84
Q
  • passageway for air between pharynx and trachea
  • vocal cords(folds of mucosa that vibrate to make sounds, glottis opening between folds)
  • epiglottis (prevents food from entering the respiratory tract)
A

The larynx

85
Q
  • connects larynx with primary bronchi
  • supported by C shaped cartilage rings
  • Cilia sweep mucus towards the pharynx (smoking can destroy cilia)
A

Trachea

86
Q

The right lung has ______ lobes and the left lung as _____ lobes.

Each lobe is divided into ___________

A

3, 2

Lobules

87
Q

Lobule has a __________ serving many alveoli

Lungs are covered by a serous membrane called…

A

Bronchial

Pleura

88
Q

Right and left primary ___________ resemble trachea in structure

Branch to secondary bronchi that eventually lead to bronchioles

Each bronchiole leads into alveoli

A

Bronchi

89
Q

The __________ Direct air to the lungs in food to the stomach.

Swallowing tips the epiglottis over the glottis in the pharynx to prevent food from entering the __________.

A

Pharynx

Trachea

90
Q
  • cilia and mucus line the epithelium of the air ducts and move particles up to the ____________
  • this “ mucus escalator” cleans the respiratory system and allows particles to be swallowed into the esophagus
A

Pharynx

91
Q

Where does gas exchange take place in the respiratory system?

A

The Alveoli, Air sacs at the tips of bronchioles

Oxygen diffuses through the moist film of the epithelium and into capillaries
Carbon dioxide diffuses from the capillaries across the epithelium and into the air space

92
Q

Alveoli lack _______ and are susceptible to contamination

Secretions called __________ coat the surface of the alveoli

Preterm babies like this

A

Cilia

Surfactants

93
Q

Is respiration active or passive?

Is expiration active or passive?

A

Active (intercostal muscles move up and out, negative pressure, diaphragm contracts and moves down)

Passive

94
Q

Mammals ventilate their lungs by ____________ pressure breathing, which pulls air into the lungs

A

*** negative

95
Q

The volume of air inhaled with each breath

About 500ml at rest

A

Tidal volume

96
Q

The maximum tidal volume

A

Vital capacity

97
Q

Air that remains in the lungs after exhalation

A

Residual volume

98
Q

What acts on the phrenic nerve to cause diaphragm to contract?
What inhibits it?

A

Pons

Vegus nerve

99
Q

Regulates the rate and depth of breathing in response to pH changes in the cerebrospinal fluid

Adjust breathing rate and depth to match metabolic demands

A

Medulla oblongata

100
Q

What exerts secondary control over breathing?

A

Sensors in the aorta and carotid artery‘s monitor O2 and CO2 concentrations in blood

When CO2 increases, the blood pH lowers due to carbonic acid

101
Q

Blood arriving in the lungs has a low partial pressure of _______ and a high partial pressure of ______ relative to air in the Alveoli

A

O2, CO2

In the Alveoli, 02 diffuses into the blood in CO2 diffuses into the air

In tissue capillaries, partial pressure gradients favor diffusion of O2 into the interstitial fluid and CO2 into the blood

102
Q

Arthropods in many Molluscs have ____________ with __________ as the oxygen binding component

A

Hemocyanin, copper

103
Q

A single hemoglobin molecule can carry _____ molecules of O2

Each molecule for each iron containing heme group

A

4

104
Q

CO2 produced during cellular respiration lowers blood pH and decreases the affinity of hemoglobin for O2

  • hemoglobin is able to release more oxygen
A

Bohr shift

105
Q

Along with oxygen, hemoglobin also helps transport _______ and assists in buffering the blood

A

CO2
CO2 from respiring cells diffuses into the blood and is transported in blood plasma, bound to hemoglobin, or as bicarbonate ions (HCO3-)

106
Q

Most CO2 is carried as ________________ ions

_________________ catalyzes the breakdown of carbonic acid

A

Bicarbonate

Carbonic anhydrase

107
Q

When hemoglobin picks up oxygen it becomes ____________

A

Oxyhemoglobin

108
Q

Most CO2 combines with H2O. What speeds up the reaction?

A

Carbonic anhydrase

109
Q

The osmolarity of the urine is regulated by nervous and hormonal control

The permeability of collecting duct is under ___________ control

A

Hormonal

110
Q

An increase in osmolarity triggers the release of __________, which helps to conserve water

A

ADH

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