Circulatory System Flashcards
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The system of the body that provides communication and transportation of nutrients, and contributes to indirect & direct metabolic function.
Circulatory system
Parts of the Circulatory system
Blood
Blood vessels
Heart
It is the transporting medium in circulatory system
Blood
Components of blood
Plasma - liquid part
Platelets - blood clotting
RBC - nutrients
WBC - immunity
Biconcave disc, formed in red marrow, has hwmoglobin which attracts oxygen. Has a lifespan of 120 days.
Erythrocytes or RBC
Types of WBC or Leucocytes
Granulocytes - originates in bone marrow
Agranulocytes - originates in bone marrow and lymphatic tissue
Granulocytes is consists of:
Neutrophil - bacteria and fungi
Basophil - release histamine for anti-inflammatory response
Eosinophil - parasitic infections
Agranulocytes is consists of:
Monocyte - destruction of pathogens (phagocytosis)
Lymphocyte - immune response
Functions in blood coagulation
Thrombocytes or Platelets
Blood groups
A, B, AB, O
Blood group: universal donor
Type O
Blood group: universal recepient
Type AB
special proteins that fight off and destroy disease- causing germs.
Antibodies
foreign substance introduced into the body and causes immune response; molecules produced by the body.
Antigen
highly muscular pumping organ located in the pericardial cavity enclosed by a pericardium
Heart
Largest artery
Aorta
Pericardial cavity enclosed by _________
Pericardium
The operation with “lub dub” sounds
Dual pump operation
tubes of varying diameters through which blood passes: arteries, veins, and capillaries
Blood vessels
Blood flow through the circuit of vessels
Circulation
Types of circulation
Systematic
Pulmonary
Hepatic-portal
Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.
Systemic (or systematic) circulation
Delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
Pulmonary circulation
blood flow from the capillaries, venules, and veins of stomach,intestines,
spleen, pancreas, and gall bladder into portal veins, liver sinusoids to hepatic veins, to inferior vena cava,to right atrium of the heart
Hepatic-portal circulation
