Circulatory System Flashcards
Bulk Flow
Increased local pressure in one area of the circulatory system drives flow from the area of high pressure to any adjacent areas of lower pressure
One-way valves
Ensure that flow is unidirectional
Diffusion
Helpful for small/shorter distances, time increases exponentially with distance
Contractile Chamber
Increase blood pressure in a closed chamber through contractions of their muscular walls and one-way valves (i.e. human heart)
External Pump
Skeletal muscles can act as pumps, contracting and expanding blood vessels, forcing fluid along the vessel (i.e. venus system)
Peristaltic Contraction
Uses waves of rhythmic contraction
Closed Circulatory System
Organs separate from the circulatory, faster metabolism (i.e. Vertebrata)
Open Circulatory System
Organs bathed in blood (hemolymph), i.e. mollusca
Plasmatocytes
Small cells that use phagocytosis to engulf foreign invaders
Lamellocytes
Large cells produced in response to parasitic infections
Crystal Cells
Contain enzymes that they use to lyse foreign invaders
Hemocytes
Erythrocytes or Lymphocytes (in humans), Plasmocytes, Lamellocytes, or Crystal Cells (in insects)
Lymphocytes
Involved in adaptive or specific immunity, T cells, B cells,
Monocytes/Macrophages
Engulf and destroy invading particles using enzymes
Granulocytes
Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Thrombocytes
Involved in blood clotting, small cell fragments called platelets
Cite of Blood Cell Production
Bone Marrow
Hematopoiesis
Production of blood cells
Why is red bone marrow red?
It contains hemoglobin; active
Why is yellow bone marrow yellow?
It contains adipose cells; inactive