Animal Transport ✅ Flashcards
Why do multicellular organisms usually need circulatory systems
Low sa:v ratio
Very active high metabolic demand
Bigger organisms are more specialized:blood Carrie’s hormones and enzymes
Blood Carries food molecules
Blood removes waste products
What are the 3 requirements of a circulatory system
A liquid transport medium
Vessels to carry medium
A pump to push fluid around under pressure
Description of single circulatory system and exanples
Blood passes through the heart once per circulation
Fish, annelid worms
Description of double circulatory system and examples
Two circuits: blood is pumped to the lungs and returns to the heart carrying oxygen. Blood then pumped to body tissues before returning to the heart
Birds, mammals
Number of heart chambers, number of times blood travels through heart per circuit, systemic pressure for single and double circulation
Single: 2 chambers, 7 times blood travels through heart, low pressure
Double: 4 chambers, 2 times blood travels through heart, high pressure
What tissues are present in walls of arteries and veins
Collegen
Smooth muscle, elastic Fibres
Endothelium
List features of arteries
Direction of blood flow: away from heart
Blood oxygenation: oxygenated
Pressure:high
Pulse:yes
Thickness of muscle and elastic Fibres: thicker
Diameter of lumen: smaller
Valves: no
Feature of veins
Directions of blood flow: towards heart
Blood oxygenation: deoxygenated
Pressure: lower
Pulse: none
Thickness of muscle and elastic Fibres: thinner
Diameter of lumen: wider
Valves: yes
How do valves work
Prevent back flow
Large valves: have active muscles to move blood
Breathing movement: aids the movement of blood
Why do only veins have valves
Arteries have high blood pressure, veins don’t do need to stop back flow
What is blood veins is also assisted by
Muscular valves
Breathing movement+ muscle movement
For arteries, typical diameter,relative proportions of tissues, key features and explanations of them
Diameter:0.5cm
Proportions: elastin and smooth muscle high, collagen low
Key features: High proportion of elastic tissue to stretch and recoil which prevents ruptured when hearts pump
For arterioles, typical diameter,relative proportions of tissues, key features and explanations of them
Diameter:50 micrometer
Relative proportions, elastin, collagen=low, smooth muscle= moderately low
Key features: small muscle, to contracts to narrow the lumen (vasoconstriction) and relax (vasodilation, controls where blood flows
For capillaries , typical diameter,relative proportions of tissues, key features and explanations of them
Diameter:10 micrometers
Relative proportion: none
Key features: thin walls (single layer of flattened endothelial cells, with gaps),permeable wall to enable diffusion of particles into tissue fluid
For venules, typical diameter,relative proportions of tissues, key features and explanations of them
Diameter:100micrometer
Relative proportion: very little elastin or smooth muscle, moderately small collagen
Key features: thin walls (compared to veins), some permeability is retained, allowing continued diffusion of some particles across the wall
For veins, typical diameter,relative proportions of tissues, key features and explanations of them
Diameter:1cm
Relative proportion: very little elastin, little smooth muscles, moderately small collagen
Key features: wide lumen valves in most veins, smooth blood flow at low pressure, bavk flow of blood is prevented
How is tissue fluid formed
Water diffuses out of blood capillaries, carrying dissolved splits across capillary wall
In tissue fluid what is the water potential and pressure
Water potential always higher in tissue fluid and osmotic pressure, hydrostatic pressure changes along the length of the capillary
At the arterial and venous end of the capillary what is the hydrostatic pressure
Arterial end: pressure is high, outweighs water potential and water diffuses our
Venous end: pressure of blood is too low to outweigh higher water potential, water diffuses back into capillary
Cells are bathed in tissue fluid, this enables what exchange of materials
Oxygen and nutrients enter cell, waste products leave, molecules such as hormones can also move between tissue fluid and cell