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Circulatory excretorysystems
- 4. Nutrición: aparatos circulatorio y excretor
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All cells need to live in a
environment that provides
them with all the nutrients
they need. In addi3on, the
same environment allows
cells to release waste
substances resul3ng from
their metabolism.
The internal environment is
formed by intersKKal plasma.
Capillary
IntersKKal
plasma Blood provides cells
with the nutrients they
need.
Blood removes
waste products
produced during
cell metabolism.
Tissue cells exchange
substances with the
inters33al plasma.
NutriKon: The circulatory and excretory systems
- 14. Nutrición: aparatos circulatorio y excretor
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Our cardiovascular system is a
double system and goes through
two separate circuits: systemic and
pulmonary.
aorta
head and
blood superior vena
cava
lungs
liver
Stomach and
intesKne
pulmonary vein
mesenteric
artery
hepaKc artery
kidneys, genitals
and legs
pulmonary artery
hepaKc vein
hepaKc portal vein
inferior vena
cava
Systemic circuit: blood starts in the
leO ventricle and goes through the
aorta, which branches into arterioles,
and then into capillaries, reaching all
the 3ssues and organs except the
lungs.
Pulmonary circuit: it begins in the
right ventricle from which the
pulmonary artery starts (this artery
branches into two, with each branch
connec3ng with a lung).
NutriKon: The circulatory and excretory systems
- 20. Nutrición: aparatos circulatorio y excretor
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Nephrons are the structural and
func3onal units of the kidneys. They
are tubes with one closed end and
are surrounded by blood capillaries.
They are responsible for filtering
blood and forming urine, as well as
regula3ng water and mineral
content in the blood. Each kidney is
formed by over a million nephrons.
arteriole
venule
capillary
network
(reabsorp3on
area)
loop of Henle
collector
tube
to the renal pelvis
glomerulus
proximal
convoluted
tube
Bowman’s
capsule
distal
convoluted
tube
NutriKon: The circulatory and excretory systems