Circulation Flashcards
What is the Cardiovascular System?
Mechanism for transporting materials through the body
The heart acts as a pump, blood vessels are the transport network
What materials are transported through the cardiovascular system?
O2 (to and from tissues)
Bring nutrients to tissues (carbs, fats, proteins)
Remove wastes/toxins (ammonia -> urea, H+, medication)
Components of the immune system
Messenger molecules (hormones)
Also for temperature regulation
What are the two main vessels?
Arteries
Veins
What are the characteristics of an Artery?
Move materials away from the heart Thick walls (more smooth muscle than connective tissue High pressure (branch into arterials)
What are the characteristics of Veins?
Move blood to the heart Thin walls larger diameter Low pressure - so it has valves Branch into venules *Relies on skeletal muscle contraction*
What is deep vein thrombosis?
Clots in extremities
What are the characteristics of capillaries?
High surface are to optimize exchange
One cell layer thick walls
One cell in diameter
How is Transport Regulated?
Done by the Medulla Oblongata
The amount of blood that goes to specific areas, modified by blood vessel diameter (& valves)
What is Vasodilation?
Dilation of a vessel (increased blood vessel diameter)
Increased blood flow
What is Vasoconstriction?
Constriction of a blood vessel (decreased blood vessel diameter)
Decreased blood flow
What is the Pulmonary Circuit?
Blood flows from the heart to the lungs and back, to get O2 and eliminate CO2
What is the Pulmonary Circuit?
Blood flows from the heart to the body tissues (deliver O2) and back to the heart to eliminate CO2
How does blood flow through the body?
To the lungs (pulmonary artery, deoxygenated)
To the heart (pulmonary vein, oxygenated)
To the body (aorta, oxygenated)
To the heart (vena cavae, deoxygenated)
Characteristics of the heart
Mostly made of cardiac muscle tissue
The heart is surrounded by a membrane (pericardium) to reduce friction & give the heart space to pump
The heart has four chambers, there’s a wall down the center (the septum) to keep O2 rich & O2 poor blood separate
The top two chambers are the atria. They receive blood Right from the blood, Left from the lungs
The ventricles are the bottom chambers, they pump blood out of the heart
What do the Vena Cavae do?
Receive Deoxygenated blood from the body
What does the Right Atrium do?
Receives blood from the Vena Cavae , then pumps it through the Tricuspid valves (deoxygenated)
What does the Right Ventricle do?
Receives blood from the Right Atrium through the Tricuspid Valve and pumps it to the Pulmonary Artery through the Semilunar valve (deoxygenated)
What does the Pulmonary Artery do?
Transports blood from the heart to the lungs (deoxygenated)
What does the Pulmonary Vein do?
Transports blood from the lungs back to the heart (oxygenated)
What does the Left Atrium do?
Receive blood from the lungs (oxygenated)
What does the Left Ventricle do?
Receives blood from the Left Atrium through the Bicuspid Valve and pumps it to the Aorta through a Semilunar valve (oxygenated)
What does the Aorta do?
Transports blood from the Left Ventricle to the body (oxygenated)