Circulatory System Flashcards
(103 cards)
Where is the circulatory system derived from?
Mesoderm
Functions of the circulatory system
Transports gases, nutrients, waste, products, hormones, heat, fights infections, blood clotting
Transports gases
CO2 and O2
nutrients
Sugar, proteins, fats, carbohydrates
waist products
Urea
hormones
Communication
Heat
Homeostasis
Fights infection
Cellular and humoral
Blood clotting
Platelets and clotting proteins
Angiogenesis
Creation of new blood vessels under hormonal control
HEMOPOIESIS
Development of the cells of blood
Vasoconstruction and vasodilation
Changing the diameter of a blood vessels due to the action of smooth muscle found in the vessel wall
Systolic
Systolic phase, the heart contracts, blood pressure rises in blood moves out along the vessels
Diastolic
And diastolic phase, the heart relaxes, blood pressure falls in the blood fills the heart
Normal systolic range
110+ or -10
Normal diastolic range
70+ or -10
The heart is
A muscular pump of cardiac muscle
The heart contains blank that regulates rate, but rate can also be influenced by blank
Pacemaker cells, autonomic nervous system
Bradycardia
Decrease in heart rate
Tachycardia
Increase in heart rate
open circulatory system
Blood spends a portion of the time in the vessel of the system, and the other portion of the time in a modified body cavity called a HEMOCOEL
Closed Circulatory system
Blood spends entire time circulating inside the vessels of the circulatory system. This is vertebrates.
Arteries and arterioles
Carry blood away from the heart, have muscular elastic walls, terminate, in capillary beds
Capillaries
Have pre-capillary sphincter, have very thin walls, are the site of exchange between the blood and body cells