Blood and heart

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  • Created by: lily3001
  • Created on: 27-03-18 15:44

Red Blood cells

- Transport oxygen around the body 

- lagre surface area 

- don't have a nucleus what allow more room for oxygen to be carried

- biconcave disc shape 

(http://mcdaid-science.wikispaces.com/file/view/cell-diagram.jpg/54082026/cell-diagram.jpg)

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White blood cells

- Cell immune system 

- produce antibodies agasint mircoorgansims 

- white blood cells mulitply to fight off infections

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Platelets

clot blood 

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Plasma

- straw coloured liquid 

- carries 

  • carbon dioxide to the lungs 
  • urea from the liver to the kidenys 
  • hormones 
  • proteins 
  • antibodies and antitoxins produced by white blood cells
  • glucose 
  • water 
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Blood vessels

Arteries

  • moves fast , carries blood away 
  • lumen size = narrow 
  • muscle wall = thick 
  • blood pressure = high 
  • no valves 
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the heart

 (http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/images/pictures/humanbody/heartdiagram.jpg) 

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the circularity system

Veins

Atra

Ventrilcles

Arterys 

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blood vessel

Callpilliars 

  • goes in and out, not fast , transferes 
  • Lumen size = 1 cell wall thick 
  • Muscle wall = none
  • Blood pressure = very low 
  • no vavles 
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blood vessels

veins

  •  slow , stops blood from bringing it back 
  • Lumen size = wide 
  • muscle wall = thin 
  • blood pressure = thin 
  • has valves 
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