Circulatory system

  1. what are animals circulatory systems composed of
    • blood and
    • bugs have hemolymph- mixture of blood and interstitial fluid
  2. what is an open system
    a system mainly found in invertebrates it mostly uses hemolymph. The heart pumps hemolymph to the vessels  that pump it into an open space where it's drained back into the heart.
  3. what are the functions of the circulatory system
    The circulatory system transports gasses, nutrients and waste materials, it regulates body temperature and transports hormones. it also protects against blood loss and toxic substances introduced into the body
  4. what are the 3 types of blood vessels
    • Arteries- transport oxygen rich blood away from the heart
    • veins- carry oxygen poor blood towards the heart
    • capillaries- tiny vessels that separate arteries and veins. Where materials like gasses and nutrients are transferred to cells and where wastes like co2 are transported into the blood
  5. what are the arteries and veins called when they connect to the capillary
    arteries become smaller and turn into arterioles

    veins become smaller and turn into venules
  6. how does an artery move blood
    The artery expands as blood flows through it during the contraction of the ventricles. then snaps back during relaxation of the ventricles. causing the blood to move through the arteries. When the ventricles contract again this repeats.
  7. what are the functional unit of the circulatory system?
    capillaries
  8. what properties do arteries have?
    The walls tend to be very thick and highly elastic.

    It has a small circumference which increases the pressure inside of the artery. This allows for faster expanding and snapping motions because of the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the artery, moving blood faster.
  9. how do veins move blood?
    veins cannot contract to move blood to the heart so when the muscle around the veins contract the blood can move to the heart. It also contain one way valves that open when blood passes through and close when blood tries flowing backward to prevent blood from flowing backward
  10. veins properties?
    Thin and non elastic walls with a large inner circumference meaning less pressure
  11. what do each vein and artery contain
    they contain an inner, middle and outer layer. but very in size 

    • inner layer- contains endothelial cells that are very smooth to transport blood easily
    • middle layer- smooth muscle and elastic fibers  (helps with elasticity when thicker)
    • outer layer- made of copllagen
  12. capillaries properties
    the outer layer are usually one cell layer thick( smallest blood vessel) for ez diffusion and the diameter is large enough for red blood cells to pass through single file. They are spread though a fine network throughout the body
  13. how do capillaries move blood
    blood flow is very slow in the capillaries to provide time for diffusion
  14. what does the nervous system control and what does it do?
    controls the dilation and constriction of blood vessels to increase flow of blood to certain parts of the body.
  15. what is blood vessel constriction called? What does it do?
    • vasoconstriction.
    • it decreases the blood flow near the skin to help conserve heat
  16. what is blood vessel dilation called? what does it do?
    vasodilation.

    Increases blood flow near the skin to help reduce heat
  17. what are some functions of the heart?
    pump blood throughout the body, ensure blood flow moves in one direction, separate oxygen rich blood from oxygen poor blood
  18. how many chambers are in our heart and what are the different chambers?
    • Four chambers.
    • atrium- the top two they are filled with blood returning to the heart. 

    ventricles- bottom two chambers that receive blood from atria and pump it away from the heart.
  19. what is the septum
    the thick muscular wall that separates the right side of the heart from the left
  20. what is the difference between the left and right side of the heart
    right-contains deoxygenated blood 

    left- oxygenated blood
  21. how many valves does the heart have and what are the two types of valves
    4 valves

    the 2 atrioventricular valves (that control movement of blood from the atria and the ventricles

     2 semilunar valves that control movement of blood out of the heart
  22. what are the two atrioventricular valves and what do they do
    the tricuspid valve: separates the right atrium and the right ventricle.

    bicuspid valve (mitral): separates the left atrium and left ventricle
  23. what is the difference between the bicuspid and tricuspid valve in terms of appearance?
    tricuspid- TRI (contains 3 flaps)

    bicuspid- BI (contains 2 flaps)
  24. what Are the 2 semilunar valves and what do they do
    Pulmonary valve- separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary arteries

    aortic valve- seperates the left ventricle from the aorta
  25. what happens if your cold to your vessels and what happens when hot?
    vasoconstriction=cold

    vasodilation=hot
  26. what do the superior and inferior vena cava do?
    where oxygenated poor blood travels to enter the right atrium
  27. what is the difference between superior and inferior vena cava
    superior- deoxygenated blood from upper half of the body to get to the right atrium

    inferior- deoxygenated blood from lower half of the body to get to the right atrium
  28. what are pulmonary arteries
    where the right ventricle pumps blood through to get to the lungs for gas exchange (deoxygenated blood)
  29. what are pulmonary veins?
    where oxygen rich blood enters into the left atrium
  30. what is the aorta?
    where the left ventricle pumps blood through to get it to all the body tissues (largest vessel)
  31. what is the pulmonary pathway?
    transports oxygen-poor blood to the alveoli in lungs for oxygenation and CO2 removal using the capillaries . The pulmonary arteries transport the oxygen poor blood to the lungs from the right ventricle and at the alveoli the gas is exchanged through the capillaries and alveoli. The oxygen rich blood is transported from the capillaries to the hearts left atrium using the pulmonary veins
  32. what is systemic pathway?
    transports oxygen rich blood to deliver nutrients and remove wastes from cells throughout the body. The oxygen rich blood is supplied by the pulmonary pathway and makes its way into the aorta through the contraction of the left ventricle after it passes through the bicuspid valve. The aorta then transports the blood throughout the body
  33. what is the coronary pathway?
    dedicated to provide blood to the muscle tissue of the heart itself. through the left and right coronary arteries
  34. where do heart signals come from?
    the heart itself provides the electrical signal
  35. what does the SA node
    The sinoatrial node (pacemaker)

    it stimulates the muscle cells to contract and relax rhythmically

    the electrical signal spreads over the right and left atria making them contract simultaneously
  36. explain atrium and ventricle contraction?
    firstly, an electrical signal is sent from the SA node (sinoatrial node) and it spreads over the left and right atria, causing them to contract simultaneously. As the atria contract, the signal reaches the atrioventricular node (AV). This node transmits the electrical signal through a group of specialized fibres called bundle of His (atrioventricular bundle) These fibres pass the signal through two bundle branches to the purkinje fibres. The purkinje fibres initiate the almost simultaneous contraction of the left and right ventricle
  37. where do you find the sa node, the av node, bunds of his, bundle branches and purkinje fibres?
    • sa node- right atria
    • AV node- atrioventrical valve
    • Bundle of his-septum
    • bundle branches and purkinje fibres- ventricles
  38. what is an electrocardiogram
    a machine used to measure change in voltage produced by the electrical signals from the SA node
  39. what is a heart murmur
    occurs when valves don't close all the way (usually bicuspid) it can make heart less efficient causing faster beating or enlarging
  40. what is blood pressure and what are the components?
    The force exerted by blood against the vessel walls.

    Systolic pressure- the maximum blood pressure during ventricular contraction. Blood is being forced into the pulmonary arteries and aorta increasing the pressure in those vessels.

    diastolic pressure- the lowest pressure before the ventricles contract again. the ventricles relax and pressure in the pulmonary arteries and aorta drop.
  41. average blood pressure?
    • 120-systolic
    • 80-diastolic
  42. what makes the lubb and dubb sound
    systole and diastole

    systole- filled ventricles contract this pressure shuts the AV valves and opens the semilunar valves pushing blood to the arteries (either to pulmonary or body)

    diastole- filled atria contracts. empty ventricles are relaxed and blood moves from the filled atria into the ventricles. AV valves open up and semilunar valves close
  43. what contractions occur first in the heart when it comes to sound
    systole- ventricles contract (LUBB

    diastole- Filled atria contract (DUBB
  44. what is a sphygmomanometer
    a blood pressure cuff used to measure blood pressure (measured at an artery in arm in mmhg)
  45. what is hypertension
    high blood pressure which results from things like obesity inactive life style or stress it leads to things like heart attacks or strokes
  46. what is arteriosclerosis? what is the most common type?
    a condition where arterial walls thicken and loose some of their elasticity, they become harder.

    atherosclerosis is the most common its where plaque builds up on the inside of artery walls causing blood flow to decrease and blood pressure to increase. (caused by cholesterol and obesity)
  47. what is angina
    chest pain because of plaque build up in certain areas. (it doesn't block the whole artery)
  48. how can atherosclerosis be treated?
    aspirin, clot busting medicines, and angioplasty
  49. what is angioplasty?
    inserting a tube into clogged artery to remove plaque and placing a stent to increase artery diameter
  50. what is coronary bypass operation and where does it take place?
    a segment of healthy artery or vein is taken from somewhere else in the body and used to create a new pathway around a blockage

    takes place usually in the heart at the coronary artery to remove blockage
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