Topic 12 - Circulatory Route Flashcards
circulatory routes
closed, double circulation
closed = ?
blood confined to heart and blood vessels
circulatory routes
closed, double circulation
double = ?
2 routes (pulmonary + systemic)
Name the 3 types of circulations in the adult circulation
- pulmonary circulation
- systemic circulation
- coronary circulation (visible externally)
pulmonary circulation
step 1:
right ventricle to lungs via pulmonary arteries (deoxy blood)
pulmonary circulation
step 1: right ventricle to lungs via pulmonary arteries (deoxy blood)
step 2:
pick up oxygen in lungs via capillaries
pulmonary circulation
step 1: right ventricle to lungs via pulmonary arteries (deoxy blood)
step 2: pick up oxygen in lungs via capillaries
step 3:
lungs to left atria via pulmonary veins (oxygenated blood)
pulmonary circulation
starts at the:
right ventricle (deoxy blood)
pulmonary circulation:
from the right ventricle to
pulmonary arteries (deoxy blood)
pulmonary circulation:
from pulmonary arteries to
capillaries in respiratory portion of lungs (oxy blood)
pulmonary circulation:
from capillaries in respiratory portion of lungs to
pulmonary veins (oxy blood)
pulmonary circulation:
from pulmonary veins to
left atrium
Systemic circulation
step 1:
left ventricle to organs via aorta (oxygenated)
systemic circulation
step 1: left ventricle to organs via aorta (oxygenated)
step 2:
organs remove oxygen via capillaries
systemic circulation
step 1: left ventricle to organs via aorta (oxygenated)
step 2: organs remove oxygen via capillaries
step 3:
organs to right atrium via superior + inferior vena cava (deoxygenated)
overall route of systemic circulation
and name the subdivisions
cerebral =
heptatic =
coronary =
left ventricle to right atrium = systemic circulation
subdivisions
cerebral = brain
heptatic = liver
coronary = heart
draw the coronary circulation

fetal circulation
step 1:
fetus gets O2, nutrients from + expels wastes to mothers blood
fetal circulation
step 1: fetus gets O2, from nutrients from + expels wastes to mother’s blood
step 2:
- exchange site in the placenta
- blood supplies in close together, but do not mix
fetal circulation
differences from adult circulation
- umbilicle vein…
- lungs + liver…
- umbilicle arteries…
- umbilicle vein (towards fetal heart)
- lungs + liver basically non-functional
- umbilicle arteries (away from fetal heart)
name the 3 main parts of the body that is different between the adult circulation and the fetal circulation
- umbilicle vein (towards the fetal heart)
- lungs + liver basically non functional
- umbilicle arteries (away from fetal heart)
fetal circulation: differences from adult circulation
umbilical vein (towards the fetal heart)
- carries oxygenated blood from placenta to vena cava
fetal circulation: differences from adult circulation
lungs + liver basically non functional
- 3 shunts to bypass (although some blood flow to these organs for nourishment/growth
fetal circulation: differences from adult circulation
lungs + liver basically non functional
i.
ii.
iii.
i. ductus venosus
ii. foramen ovale
iii. ductus arteriosus
fetal circulation: differences from adult circulation
lungs + liver basically non functional
ductus venosus
- connects _________ (oxy or deoxy?) to __________ (oxy or deoxy?) to _______ liver
- connects umbilical vein (oxy blood) to inferior vena cava (deoxy blood) to bypass iver
- permits most of the oxygenated blood coming from the placenta to bypass the liver
- oxy and deoxy blood mixes
- mixed blood enters fetal heart via inferior vena cava