Circulatory System

Blood Flow

Structure

Types

Makeup

Open System

Closed System

Interconnecting Vessels

Circulatory Fluid

Heart

Heart

Cardiac Cycle

Rhythm

Molecular movement

Types

Capillaries

Arteries

circulatory fluid

Veins

tubes that contain the circulatory fluid and acts like a transport system to the necessary organs and tissues

Hemolymph- interstitial fluid

Heart

Present in arthropods and some molluscs

pumps hemolymph to sinuses

relaxation pulls hemolymph back in

body movement helps circulate hemolymph

requires less energy

Circulatory fluid

Blood

present in annelids, molluscs and vertebrates

Blood is confined in vessels and separate from interstitial fluid

Heart

pumps blood to large vessels where chemical exchange occurs between blood and interstitial fluid and interstitial fluid and body cells

Closed - Blood

Open - hemolymph

pumps circulatory fluid through out the body so chemical exchange can happen wherever needed

Carries Circulatory fluid away from the heart to organs through the body

Carries circulatory fluid towards the heart

microscopic vessels that infiltrate tissues and allows diffusion of chemicals to occur between circulatory fluid and interstitial fluid

  1. Blood starts in the heart and is pumped to the lungs from the right ventricle
  1. Bloods flows through the pulmonary arteries towards the lungs through the pulmonary semilunar valve
  1. Gas exchange occurs in the lungs
  1. Pulmonary veins transport oxygen rich blood back to the left atrium
  1. blood passes through the atrioventricular valve into the left ventricle
  1. Blood is pumped from the left ventricle through the systemic semilunar valve into the aorta (aortic artery). Which is the main artery for transporting blood throughout the body

7/8. Chemical exchange occurs in capillary beds within the head, arms, abdominal organs and legs

9/10. Blood travels back to the heart via the interior (lower) and superior (upper) vena cova (vein) to the right atrium

  1. Blood is pumped from the right atrium to the right ventricle and cycle begins again

definition

one complete sequence of pumping and filling of the heart

Systole - contraction = pumps blood out

Steps

Atrial systole and ventricular diastole - atrial contraction forcing remaining blood into the ventricles emptying the atria

Ventricular systole and atrial diastole - ventricular contractions pumps blood into arteries through semilunar valves

  1. Atrial and ventricular diastole - relaxation of heart, blood is moved back into the heart from veins into the atria and then ventricles through the atrioventricular valves

controlled

Extrinsically - medulla oblongata sends signals to manipulate heart rate

Intrinsically - pacemaker cells in atrioventricular node

Process

electrical signals spread to walls of atria causing them to contract

electrical impulses reach the atrioventricular node, delays impulse for 0.1 seconds

after delay and atria finished contracting ventricles contract at the same time

summary

image

SA node -> AV node -> heart apex -> ventricles

electrocardiogram can be used to display the heart rhythm by graphing the current vs time showing the stages of the cardiac cycle

impulses are carried by the purkinje fibers

structure

structure

structure

endothelium and thick layer of smooth cells which allows them to sustain high pressure when blood is pumped through them

endothelium and thin layer of smooth muscle

endothelium and basal lamina

constricted or dilated to regulate blood flow

maintain blood flow in one direction, valves prevent backflow

very small

thin walls

these structures help promote diffusion of chemicals to organs and tissues

Diffusion

by default molecules want to move from high concentration to low concentration: this movement is characterized by presence of a gradient

circulatory system

Diffusion: random thermal motion of particles of liquids, gases or solids

very slow

moves fluids throughout the organism's body

this allows chemical exchange between fluid and tissues

exchange is facilitated by the interstitial fluid

types of circulation

Single circulation: blood passes through the heart only once in a complete cycle

Double circulation: blood passes through the heart twice in each complete cycle

pressure

Blood pressure

Osmotic pressure

direction

happens in two directions, chemical leave blood and enter the tissue and waste chemicals leave the tissues and enter the blood

pressure blood applies on the walls of the blood vessels

drives fluid out of capillaries into the tissues

pulls fluid back into the capillaries

also called blood proteins

Lymphatic system

maintains proper fluid distribution throughout the body

have valves to prevent backflow

fluid inside is called lymph

also houses immune cells to help fight pathogens when introduced to the body