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Heart
– Continuously circulates blood
Network of tubes
– Arteries- blood away from heart
– Veins- blood back to the heart
– Capillaries
Blood
– Fluid that fills the circulatory system
7. The vascular system is made up
of three types of blood vessels:
• Arteries
– Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen rich
blood AWAY from the heart.
• Capillaries
– Capillaries are tiny blood vessels .
– Capillaries connect arteries to veins.
Veins
– Veins carry blood back toward your heart.
8. Photo from U. S. Federal Government courtesy of Wikipedia.
Blood
Vessels
9. In mammals and birds, the heart is
divided into a right and left side
and each side is divided into an
atrium and ventricle.
Therefore, the heart is said to
have four chambers (right atrium,
right ventricle, left atrium, and left
ventricle).
10. The atrioventricular valves
(AV valve) separate the atrium and
ventricle on each side of the heart.
The AV valves have flaps of tissues,
called leaflets or cusps, which open
and close to ensure that the blood
flows only in one direction and does
not backflow into the atriums.
11. The AV valve on the right side of the
heart is called the tricuspid valve
because it has three leaflets (cusps).
The AV valve on the left side of the
heart is called the bicuspid valve
(or mitral valve) because it has two
leaflets.
12. The pulmonary valve and the
aortic valve prevent blood from
back-flowing into their respective
ventricles.
The pulmonary valve is located
between the right ventricle and the
pulmonary artery.
The aortic valve is located
between the left ventricle and the
aortic artery.
13. Pulmonary Circulation System
Red portion of heart and red blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood.
Blue portion of heart and blue blood vessels carry oxygen-poor blood.
14. Flow of Blood in Pulmonary
Circulation
Blood that is low in oxygen returns to
the heart through two large veins
called the superior (or cranial) vena
cava and the inferior (or caudal) vena
cava.
The un-oxygenated blood enters the
right atrium of the heart.
15. The blood then passes through the
right atrioventricular (tricuspid)
valve into the right ventricle.
The right ventricle pumps the
blood through the pulmonary
valve into the pulmonary artery.
16. The pulmonary artery quickly divides
into two branches.
Each branch of the pulmonary artery
carries blood to a lung.
In the lungs the pulmonary arteries
branch into capillaries that
surround the alveoli.
17. Through diffusion, carbon dioxide
moves from the blood into the
alveoli and oxygen moves from the
alveoli into the blood.
The oxygenated blood then returns
to the heart through the
pulmonary vein into the left
atrium.
18. From the left atrium, the blood
flows through the left atrioventricular
(bicuspid) valve into the left
ventricle. The thick-walled left
ventricle pumps the blood through
the aortic valve into the aorta.
19. The amount of pressure that is
required for pulmonary circulation is
much less than what is required for
systemic circulation.
Therefore, the muscle mass
developed in the right ventricle is
much less that of the left ventricle.
20.
21. Plasma, which makes up 50 –
65% of the total volume of blood, is
a straw-colored liquid containing
water (90%) and solids (10%).
The solids in plasma include
inorganic salts and organic
substances such as antibodies,
hormones, vitamins, enzymes,
proteins, and glucose (blood sugar).
22. The non-plasma, or cellular, portion
of blood is composed of red blood
cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Photo from U. S. Federal Government courtesy of Wikipedia.
From left to right:
Red blood cell
(erythrocyte);
Platelet
(thrombocyte);
White blood
cell (leukocyte).
23. Red blood cells, called
erythrocytes, are responsible for
carrying oxygen from the lungs to
various body tissues.
Red blood cells contain
hemoglobin, which gives them their
characteristic red color and helps
them carry the oxygen.
24. Anemia is a condition caused by low
levels of red blood cells and
hemoglobin.
Anemia can be caused by the following:
• Loss of blood due to injury,
• Infestations of blood-sucking
parasites, or
• Low levels of red cell production due
to poor nutrition.
25. Blood platelets, or thrombocytes,
are oval-shaped discs that are
formed in the bone marrow.
Blood platelets help prevent
blood loss from injuries to blood
vessels by forming clots (white
thrombus).
