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Circulation, Respiratory, and Immune systems - Coggle Diagram
Circulation, Respiratory, and Immune systems
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Blood pressure
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Its at its highest when heart contracts during ventricular systole called systolic pressure. During diastole, the elastic walls snap back causing a drop in pressure which is your diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is always Systolic/Diastolic- Higher/Lower.
How is it regulated?
Vasoconstriction- smooth muscle in arteriole contracts, arterioles narrow, increases blood pressure.
Vasodilation- when smooth muscle relaxes, increase in diameter that causes blood pressure to fall.
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Gas exchange
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How a bird breathes
Air passes through gas exchange surface in only one direction. First inhalation is to posterior air sac, then first exhale is into lungs. Then second inhalation is into anterior air sac and last exhalation is out of body. Most efficient way of breathing.
How mammals breathe
Negative pressure breathing- Using muscle contraction to expand thoracic cavity therefore lowering air pressure so that its lower than the outside environment and air will flow in. Then diaphragm relaxes and the thoracic cavity gets smaller increasing pressure and pushing air out.
Innate immunity
Barrier defenses- Block the entry of many pathogens. Includes mucous membranes and the skin. Other defenses include sweat and oil glands which give the skin a pH of 3 to 5
Cellular innate defenses- There are Phagocytic innate cells dedicated to detecting, devouring, and destroying pathogens.
Two main types
Neutrophils- Circulate in blood and are attracted by signals from infected tissues and engulf and destroy pathogens
Macrophages- Some migrate while others stay permanently in organs or tissues where they are likely to encounter pathogens. They are the big eaters.
Others
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Eosinophils- Important in defending against multicellular invaders such as parasites. Upon an encounter, they discharge destructive enzymes.
Natural killer cells- Detect abnormal surface proteins found on some virus-infected and cancerous cells. The release chemicals that trigger cell death as to not allow the spread.
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Adaptive immunity
Slower response, but it is more pathogen specific
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Antigen is presented with multiple types of lymphocytes until one is a match. Then the B or T cell undergoes multiple cell divisions making clones of itself
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