Circulatory System - Unit 2

?
  • Created by: alice
  • Created on: 06-06-10 11:20
  • The Circulatory system is a mass transport system
  • The pulmonary artery goes away from the heart, to the lungs, carrying deoxygenated blood
  • The pulmonary vein goes from the lungs to the heart carrying oxygenated blood
  • The arteries generally go away from the heart carrying oxygenated blood to the other body parts (apart from pulmonary artery)
  • The veins generally go to the heart from the organs carrying deoxygenated blood (apart from pulmonary vein)
  • The hepatic artery goes to the liver. The hepatic vein goes away from the liver.
  • The hepatic portal vein goes away from the gut to the liver
  • The renal artery goes to the kidneys. The renal vein goes away from the kidneys.
  • The vena cava is the main vein going to the heart
  • The aorta is the main artery going away from the heart
  • Blood transports respiratory gases, metabolic waste, products of digestion and hormones around the body
  • There are two circuits (double circulatory system). One goes from the heart, to the lungs, then back to the heart. One goes from the heart to the body parts, back to the heart again.
  • The heart has its OWN blood supply –

Comments

No comments have yet been made