About the circulatory system The circulatory system is an organ system; the main purpose of the circulatory system is to deliver nutrients such as amino acids and electrolytes. Move gases‚ hormones‚ blood cells‚ etc to and from cells in the body to fight diseases. Lastly it removes waste products. What helps to control the flow of the blood around the body are the vessels and muscles made up of the circulatory system. This process is called circulation. The heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries and veins
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What is the job of the Circulatory System? The Circulatory System is responsible for transporting materials throughout the entire body. It transports nutrients‚ water‚ and oxygen to your billions of body cells and carries away wastes such as carbon dioxide that body cells produce. It is an amazing highway that travels through your entire body connecting all your body cells. Parts of the Circulatory System The circulatory System is divided into three major parts: 1. The Heart 2. The
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Circulatory System Working that muscle heart is a muscle little left of the middle of your chests about the size of fist heart sends blood around body blood provides body with oxygen and nutrients it needs carries away waste heart is like pump right side receives blood and pumps to lungs left side receives blood from lungs and pumps to body We got the beat before each beat‚ heart fills with blood muscle contracts to squirt blood Heart parts heart made of 4 blood filled areas each
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1. Within the circulatory system the liver has a unique anatomic location in that it effectively filters all blood coming from the intestinal tract by way of the portal vein before it is pumped to the general circulation. The liver often sees drugs at their highest concentrations‚ since it is the first organ perfused by blood containing the drug after absorption from the intestinal tract. Approximately 10-15% of total blood volume can be presented to the liver at any given time. The entire absorbed
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Circulatory System The heart is a cone –shaped muscular organ located within the ___(1)__ of the thorax. Its apex rests on the __(2)__ and its superior margin lies at the level of the __(3)__ rib. Approximately two-thirds of the heart mass is seen to the left of the __(4)__. The heart is enclosed in a serosa sac called the pericardium. The loosely fitting double outer layer consists of the outermost __(5)__ pericardium‚ lined by the parietal layer of the serous pericardium. The inner __(6)__pericardium
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The heart and blood are the transport system in the body. This assignment looks at the structure and function of the circulatory system and also includes a diagram of the circulatory system. The heart is a hollow muscular organ which acts as a pump‚ located in the chest and lies left behind the sternum.’ Blood vessels also transport blood throughout the body’ (Wikipedia). There are 3 major types of vessels which will be discussed later in the assignment. The blood is a main component of the body
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Blood Analysis: Activity 4: Blood Typing Lab Report 1. Red blood cell membranes have agglutinogens that specify that individual’s blood type. 2. ABO and Rh antigens All of these answers are correct. 3. Which of the following statements about blood types is correct? A person with type O blood has two recessive alleles and has neither the type A nor type B antigen. 4. Antibodies to the A and B antigens are found preformed in the blood plasma. Why are individuals with the AB- blood
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PREVENTION OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM A slideshow presentation from Group 5 of Grade 9 - Reliability TIPS ON HOW TO PREVENT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS • Not smoking • Avoiding intake of alcoholic beverages • Proper rest • Exercise • Proper diet NOT SMOKING • Smoking is the cause of a number of disease among which circulatory system diseases are the most common ones. If you are already suffering from any circulatory system diseases/ disorders‚ then smoking may
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first system I will cover is the muscular and skeletal system- this system allows our body to move and protects our organs. Pigs
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The Blood Circulatory System The Circulatory system is a system in the bodies of all organisms that moves the nutrients that are needed as well as gases and wastes to and from cells and helps fight unwanted bacteria and other diseases. It also helps alleviate the body temperature to maintain homeostasis‚ which is the property of either an open system or a closed system in a living organism. It brings the body’s cells what they need in order to survive – oxygen and nutrients. The center of the circulatory
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