The heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body and deoxygenated blood to the lungs In the human heart there is one atrium and one ventricle for each circulation and with both a systemic and a pulmonary circulation there are four chambers in total ID: 930432
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Cardiovascular SystemThe cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and the approximately 5 liters of blood that the blood vessels transport. Responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and cellular waste products throughout the body.
Slide2The heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body and deoxygenated blood to the lungs. In the human heart there is one atrium and one
ventricle
for each circulation, and with both a systemic and a pulmonary circulation there are four chambers in total:
left atrium
,
left ventricle
,
right atrium
and
right ventricle
. The right atrium is the upper chamber of the right side of the heart. The blood that is returned to the right atrium is deoxygenated (poor in oxygen) and passed into the right ventricle to be pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for re-oxygenation and removal of carbon dioxide. The left atrium receives newly oxygenated blood from the lungs as well as the pulmonary vein which is passed into the strong left ventricle to be pumped through the aorta to the different organs of the body.
Slide3Slide4The Blood VesselsIn class we talked about three types of blood vessels:
Arteries
Capillaries
Veins
Arteries
are blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood AWAY from the
heart.
Capillaries
are tiny blood vessels as thin or thinner than the hairs on your head. Capillaries connect arteries to veins. Food substances(nutrients), oxygen and wastes pass in and out of your blood through the capillary walls.
Veins
carry blood back toward your
heart.
Slide5StructureThe arteries and veins have three layers, but the middle layer is thicker in the arteries than it is in the veins:
Tunica
intima
(the thinnest layer): a single layer of simple
squamous
endothelial cells
glued by a
polysaccharide
intercellular matrix, surrounded by a thin layer of
subendothelial
connective tissue
interlaced with a number of circularly arranged elastic bands called the
internal elastic lamina
.
Tunica media
(the thickest layer in arteries): circularly arranged elastic fiber, connective tissue, polysaccharide substances, the second and third layer are separated by another thick elastic band called external elastic lamina
Tunica media may (especially in arteries) be rich in vascular smooth muscle
, which controls the caliber of the vessel.
Tunica adventitia
: (the thickest layer in veins) entirely made of connective tissue. It also contains
nerves
that supply the vessel as well as nutrient capillaries (
vasa
vasorum) in the larger blood vessels.
Slide7Slide8CapillaryA capillary is an extremely small blood vessel located within the tissues of the body, that transports blood from
arteries
to
veins
. Capillaries are most abundant in tissues and organs that are metabolically active. For example,
muscle tissues
and the kidneys have a greater amount of capillary networks than do
connective tissues . Capillary SizeCapillaries are so small that red blood cells can only travel through them in single file. Capillaries measure in size from about 5-10 microns in diameter. Capillary walls are thin and are composed of endothelium (a type of simple
squamous
epithelial
tissue
). Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and wastes are exchanged through the thin walls of the capillaries.
Slide9Capillary MicrocirculationCapillaries play an important role in microcirculation . Microcirculation deals with the circulation of blood from the
heart
to arteries, to smaller arterioles, to capillaries, to
venules
, to veins and back to the heart.
The flow of blood in the capillaries is controlled by structures called
precapillary
sphincters. These structures are located between arterioles and capillaries and contain muscle fibers that allow them to contract. When the sphincters are open, blood flows freely to the capillary beds of body tissue. When the sphincters are closed, blood is not allowed to flow through the capillary beds. Fluid exchange between the capillaries and the body tissues takes place at the capillary bed.
Slide10Slide11Blood is a bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. When it reaches the lungs, gas exchange occurs when carbon dioxide is diffused out of the blood into the pulmonary alveoli and oxygen is diffused into the blood. This oxygenated blood is pumped to the left hand side of the heart in the pulmonary vein and enters the left atrium. From here it passes through the mitral valve, through the ventricle and taken all around the body by the aorta. Blood contains antibodies, nutrients, oxygen and much more to
help
the body
work
Slide12Slide13Blood performs many important functions within the body including:Supply of oxygen to tissues (bound to hemoglobin, which is carried in red cells)Supply of nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins (e.g., blood lipids))Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and lactic acidImmunological functions, including circulation of white blood cells, and detection of foreign material by antibodies
Slide14Coagulation, the response to a broken blood vessel, the conversion of blood from a liquid to a semi-solid gel to stop bleeding.Messenger functions, including the transport of hormones and the signaling of tissue damageRegulation of body pHRegulation of core body temperatureHydraulic functions
Slide15PlasmaMain article: Blood plasma
About 55% of blood is
blood plasma
, a fluid that is the blood's liquid medium, which by itself is straw-yellow in color. The blood plasma volume totals of 2.7–3.0 liters (2.8–3.2 quarts) in an average human. It is essentially an
aqueous
solution containing 92% water, 8% blood plasma
proteins
, and trace amounts of other materials. Plasma circulates dissolved nutrients, such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins), and removes waste products, such as
carbon dioxide
,
urea
, and
lactic acid
Other important components include:Serum albumin
Blood-clotting factors (to facilitate
coagulation
)
Immunoglobulins
(antibodies)
lipoprotein
particlesVarious other proteins
Various
electrolytes
(mainly
sodium
and
chloride
)
The term
serum
refers to plasma from which the clotting proteins have been removed. Most of the proteins remaining are albumin and
immunoglobulins
.
Slide17Thank You