Sci Flashcards
Discovered the mechanics of blood circulation
William Harvey
Discovered capillaries
Marcelo Malphigi
Pums blood thru the blood vessels
Heart
Receive blood
Left/right atria
Receive blood
Left/right atria
Pump blood out
Left/right ventricles
Wall of tissue (divides heart in half)
Septum
Composed of cell “blood is more accurately called”
Fluid tissue
-pale yellowish liquid
-fluid part of the blood
Plasma
Also called erythrocytes
Red blood cells
It means red
Erythro
It means cells
Cytes
How many red blood cells do we pump and how long do they live
6 million rbc and lives for 120 days
-red chemical pigment
-special kind of protein containing iron
Hemoglobin
-also known as leukocytes
-to protect the body from diseases
White blood cells
-thrombocytes
-not true cells but are fragments of cytoplasm
Blood platelets
-long sticky strand
-collects to form a clot
Fibrin
Circulatory system consists of the following:
1.Heart
2.Blood
3.Blood vessels