3.2 Transport In Animals Flashcards
What is a single circulatory system?
When the blood is passed through a single circuit.
What do blood vessels need to transport?
Nutrients. Oxygen. Carbon Dioxide. Urea
What is in the blood?
Plasma. White Blood Cells. Red Blood Cells. Platelets
What is an open circulatory system?
When the blood is not contained in vessels and flows freely around the body. Tissues and cells are bathed directly in blood. Some animals require movement to circulate blood.
How does blood circulate in insects?
Hemolymph (insect blood) flows freely in the body cavity. A muscular tube located in the dorsal (back) acts as a heart. Blood enters the tube through pores called ostia. The blood moves via peristalsis through the heart and too the head where it pours back into the body cavity.
What are the disadvantages of an open circulatory system?
Low blood pressure. Slow blood flow. Circulation reliant on movement.
What is a closed circulatory system?
When the blood is contained within a vessel and tissue fluid bathes the tissues and cells instead of blood.
What are the two closed circulatory systems?
Single and double circulatory systems.
What are the advantages of a single circulatory system?
Less complex. Supplies resources to the body.
What are the disadvantages of a single circulatory system?
Slow moving blood reduces oxygen uptake.
What is a double circulatory system?
The blood flows in two circuits. From the heart to the gas exchange site (lungs) and back. From the heart to the body and back.
What are the advantages of a double circulatory system?
High pressure. Higher blood flow. More rapid delivery of oxygen and nutrients. Rapid removal of carbon dioxide and waste products. Transport is independent of body movement.
What are the disadvantages of a double circulatory system?
More complex as it requires two circuits and two sides of the heart.
What is an arteriol?
Where the artery splits off and narrows into a capillary.
What is a venual?
Where capillaries join together and widen to become a vein.
What is the role of the artery?
To carry blood away from the heart. Usually oxygenated.
What are the features of an artery?
Small lumen keep blood at a high pressure. Elastic fibers strech and recoil to maintain pressure. Smooth muscle contracts. Collagen provides support to help withstand high pressure.
What are the features of capillaries?
Very small lumen - Aprox 1 cell thick. Made of endothelial tissues for a short diffusion distance. Leacky to allow substances to pass through.
What is the role of the capillary?
Carry blood to the cells. Reduces flow rate of blood.
What is the role if the veins?
Carry blood towards the heart. Usually deoxygenated.
What are the features of veins?
Elastic fibers stretch and recoil to maintain blood pressure. Smooth muscle contracts. Collagen provides support. Contain valves. Relatively large lumen. Low blood pressure.
What are the functions of blood?
Transport. Defence. Homeostasis. Formation of Lymph. Formation of tissue fluid.
What is tissue fluid?
A fluid that is similar to blood and surrounds cells. Contains most of what is found in blood except red blood cells and large proteins. Arrives via capillaries and can leave via the lymphatic system.
What is the function of tissue fluid?
It transports oxygen and nutrients from blood cells. Takes waste products to the blood.
What is hydrostatic pressure?
The force of a fluid pushing on the walls of the vessel.
What is oncotic pressure?
The osmotic effect of a water potential. This moves substances back into capillaries.
Hoe does hydrostatic and oncotic pressure change across a capillary?
At the arterial end the blood pressure is high so hydrostatic pressure forces substances our of the capillaries. At the venual end there is a low concentration of substances in the venual so oncotic pressure moves substances back into capillaries by diffusion and osmosis.
Where does tissue fluid drain to?
The lymphatic system.
What is the lymphatic system?
Passive transport system that has vessels of various diameters. Vessels contain valves to prevent backflow. Muscular contractions in the body force lymph fluid back to lymph vessels. Lymph nodes contain lymphocytes that attack pathogens.
What is diastole and systole?
Diastole is the relaxing of heart muscles in the cardiac cycle. Systole is the contracting part of the cardiac cycle.