Circulatory system Flashcards
1
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why do animals have a heart and circulatory system
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- to move substances around the body by mass flow as diffusion is to slow to support high metabolic rates in larger organisms
2
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mass flow
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the transport of substance in bulk from one part of an organisms to another
3
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diffusion
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the net movement of molecules or atoms from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration until evenly distributed
4
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features of a mass flow system
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- system of vessels
- valves
- high blood pressure
- transport medium of blood
5
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open circulatory system
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- blood isn’t enclosed within blood vessels
- exchange of materials occurs in direct contact between blood and tissues
- low blood pressure
- found in small animals
6
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closed circulatory system
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- blood is enclosed in blood vessels
- substances are exchanged in capillaries between blood and tissues
- high blood pressure
- found in large animals
7
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single circulatory system
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- blood flows through the heart once
- systemic and pulmonary circulation are together
- heart has 2 chambers
- lower blood pressure
- e.g fish
8
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double circulatory system
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- blood flows through the heart twice
- pulmonary and systemic circulation are separate
- heart has 4 chambers
- higher blood pressure
- e.g frogs, reptiles and mammals
9
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pulmonary circulation
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- right ventricle - pulmonary artery - lungs - pulmonary vein - left atrium
- low pressure
10
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systemic circulation
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- left ventricle - right atrium
- carries blood between heart and other organs except the lungs
- high pressue
