Chapter 23 - Circulation Flashcards
The circulatory systems consist of
Heart, blood vessels, and blood
What is in the blood
Connective tissue: plasma and 3 cellular elements
Plasma
Fluid matrix
What are the functions of the blood
Transportation, regulation and protection
Blood is mostly made of
Plasma
Blood is made up of _____ of cellular elements
45
What are the cellular fragments of blood
Red blood cells, white blood cells,and platelets
Are there more red blood cells or white blood cells
RBC
Which cell is larger RBC OR WBC
WBC
The purpose of RBC
Transport o2 and co2
Purpose of white blood cells
Defense and immunity
What cells don’t have nucleus or other organelles but has hemoglobin
RBC and WBC
What doesn’t have nucleus but has other organelles
Platelets
What is blood cell fragments
Platelets
What are the five WBC
Basophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes
All cellular blood cells are derived from what
Adult multi potent stem cells (in bone marrow)
What are two types of circulatory systems
Open and closed circulatory systems
Open circulatory systems
No distinction between circulatory and interstitial fluid (surrounds cells)
Where are circulatory systems found
In insects, clams, and snails (majority animals)
Closed circulatory system
Distinct circulatory fluid (blood) is enclosed in blood vessels and does not mix with interstitial fluid
Closed circulatory system
Found in squids, earthworms, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds
Another name of circulatory fluid
Hemolymph
What type of circulatory system does humans have
Closed
Type of blood vessels in the closed circulatory system
Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins
Arteries
Blood vessels carries blood away from heart (oxygenated blood)
Arterioles
Larger than capillaries but smaller than arteries
Capillaries
Smallest vessels in our body that allow gases and nutrients to be exchanged between blood tissues
Venules
Larger than capillaries but smaller than veins
Veins
Blood vessels that carries blood back to the heart; carry deoxygenated blood