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F211 2.2 - Transport in Animals Flashcards

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Affinity for oxygen

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Tendency a molecule has to bind to oxygen

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Aorta

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Major blood vessel leaving the left ventricle and taking oxygenated blood to the body

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Arteries

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Major vessels carrying blood away from the heart

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Atrioventricular node (AVN)

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A group of cells in the heart wall that are responsible for passing waves of electrical activity from the SAN on to the bundle of His

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Atrioventricular valve (AV)

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A valve in the heart between the atria and the ventricles that prevent backflow of blood.

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Atrium

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Upper chamber in the heart

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Bohr effect

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An effect by which an increase of carbon dioxide in the blood results in a reduction of haemoglobin’s affinity for oxygen

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Bundle of His

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A group of muscle fibres in the heart, responsible for conducting waves of electrical activity from the AVN to the Purkyne tissue

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Cardiac cycle

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The sequence of events making up one heartbeat.

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Cardiac muscle

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Muscle found in heart. It has its own intrinsic beat.

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Closed circulatory system

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A circulatory system where the blood vessel is enclosed inside the blood vessels

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Coronary arteries

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Arteries that carry blood to the heart muscle.

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Diastole

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Part of the cardiac cycle where heart muscle is relaxed

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Double circulatory system

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A circulatory system where blood passes through the heart twice for each complete circuit of the body

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Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)

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Trace (graph) showing the electrical activity of the heart muscle (atria dn ventricles) during a cycle

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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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Haemoglobin

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The protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells.

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Leucocytes

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White blood cells

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Lymph

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Excess tissue fluid that has drained into the lymph vessels

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Lymphatic system

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Lymphatic system

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Myogenic

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Describes muscle tissue (heart muscle)

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Myoglobin

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A respiratory pigment (protein) with a higher affinity for oxygen than haemoglobin

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Open circulatory system

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A circulatory system where the blood isn’t enclosed in blood vessels all the time – it flows freely through the body cavity

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Oxygen dissociation curve

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A curve on a graph that shows how saturated with oxygen haemoglobin is at any given partial pressure

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Oxygenated

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Blood carrying oxygen in the form of oxyhaemoglobin

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Oxyhaemoglobin

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Haemoglobin with oxygen molecules attached

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Partial pressure

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The proportion of total pressure provided by a particular gas as a part of a mixture of gases

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Plasma proteins

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Proteins made in the liver that are a component of blood plasma

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Platelets

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Fragments of cells in the blood that play a part in blood clotting

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Pressure filtration

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The process by which substances move out of capillaries at the arterial end of a capillary bed

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Pulmonary circulation

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Circulation of blood through the lungs

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Pulmonary artery

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Leaves the right ventricle carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Pulmonary vein

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The vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

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Purkyne tissue

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Specialised tissue in the septum of the heart that carry waves of electrical activity into the muscular walls of the right and left ventricles

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Semi-lunar valve

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A valve in the heart between the ventricles and the aorta and pulmonary artery, which prevent backflow of blood

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Septum

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The wall separating the ventricles of the heart

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Single circulatory system

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A circulatory system where blood only passes through the heart once for each complete circuit of the body

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Sino-atrial node (SAN)

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A group of cells in the wall of the right atrium that initiates the heartbeat by sending regular waves of electrical activity over the atrial walls

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Surface area: volume ratio

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An organism’s or structure’s surface area in relation to its volume

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Systole

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The stage of the heart cycle in which heart muscle contracts to pump blood.

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Tissue fluid

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Fluid, derived from blood plasma, that surrounds the cells in a tissue

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Vena cava

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Large veins that carry deoxygenated blood back from the body to the heart

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Ventricles

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Lower chambers of the heart

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