Animal Transport: Module 3: Exchange and Transport Flashcards
Which blood vessel takes doexygenated blood to the heart?
The Vena Cava
Which blood vessel takes oxygenated blood away from the heart?
The Aorta
Which Blood vessel takes deoxygenated blood to the lungs?
The Pulmonary artery
(leaves from RV)
Which blood vessel brings oxygenated blood back to the left atrium?
The pulmonary vein
Where is the Tricuspid valve found?
Between the right ventricle and atrium. prevents backflow
Where is the bicuspid valve found?
between the left atrium and ventricle. prevents backflow
Where are the semi-lunar valves found?
In the Aorta and in the Pulmonary artery
Process of Ventricular Systole
1)Atria Relax, Ventricles Contract, decreasing volume and increasing pressure
2)Pressure becomes higher in ventricles than atria
3)Forces AV valves shut
1) pressure in ventricles is also higher than in Aorta and pulmonary artery
2)Forces open SL valves, blood forced out into these arteries
Process of Atrial and Ventricular Diastole
1)Ventricles and Atria relax
2)The higher pressure in Aorta and pulmonary artery closes SL valves
3)Blood starts to return to heart
4)Atria fill again due to higher pressure in vena cava and pulmonary vein
5)Increases pressure of Atria
6)Ventricles relax so pressure drops below atria pressure
7)AV valves open
8)Blood flows passively into ventricles from atria
Atrial Systole and Ventricular Diastole
1)Ventricles relax and Atria contract
2)this decreases volume of chambers, increasing the pressure
3)Pushes blood into Ventricles through AV valves
4) slight increase in ventricular pressure and chamber volume as they receive blood
Diastole
Relaxing
Systole
Contracting
Counter Current System (in fish)
Maintaining a concentration gradient where gaseous exchange takes place
Equilibrium is never reached
Diffusion of oxygen, from water into blood is constantly taking place
Process of ventilation in a fish
1)Mouth opens, buccal cavity floor lowers
2)Volume of Buccal cavity increases, decreasing the pressure
3)Water is sucked into the cavity
4)Fish closes its mouth, the floor of buccal cavity is raised again
5)Volume inside cavity decreases, pressure increases
6)Water forced out of cavity across gill filaments
7)The increase in pressure forces the Operculum (bony flap for protection) open
8)This allows water to leave the gills
What Does Myogenic mean?
it can generate a contraction from within the muscle itself and needs no nerve impulse to cause contraction
What is the Role of the Sino-Atrial Node? in the control of the cardiac cycle
To create a wave of excitation in the wall of the left atrium. The atrial wall receives this impulse, resulting in the two atria contracting simultaneously
What is the Role of the band of fibres between the atria and ventricles? in the control of the cardiac cycle
This band of fibres does not conduct the excitation from the S.A node.
This delays ventricular systole by 0.1 second To allow the atria to finish contracting and to allow all the blood to flow down into the ventricles.
What is the Role of the Atrio-Ventricular node in the control of the cardiac cycle?
The A.V node picks up excitation from the atria and after a delay of 0.1 seconds, it passes it to the conducting tissue called the Purkyne tissue grouped together into a bundle of His.
This leads down the central septum to the apex of the heart from which it radiates upwards over the whole ventricular mass. This causes the ventricles to contract from the bottom upwards.
What is the S.A node
The Sino-Atrial node is a small patch of cells which are situated in the wall of the right Atrium, near to where the venae cavae enter
What is the A.V node?
The Atrioventricular node is a patch of conducting Fibres in the septum
Outline the process of Inspiration
1)The Diaphragm contracts and becomes flat
2)External intercostal muscles contract
3)This causes the ribs to move up and out
4)This increases the volume of the Thorax
5)This decreases pressure to below atmospheric pressure
6)Air is sucked into lungs
Outline the process of Expiration
1)External Intercostal muscles relax
2)Diaphragm relaxes and goes back to original dome shape
3)causes ribs to move down and in
4)Decreases volume of thorax
5)Increases pressure above atmospheric pressure
6)Air is forced out of lungs
What is tidal volume?
The volume of air moved in and out of the lungs with each breath when you are at rest
What is Vital capacity?
The largest amount of air that can be moved into and out of the lungs