CIRCULATORY

SYSTEM
 THE CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM
It is the life support structure that nourishes
your cells with nutrients from the food you
eat and oxygen from the air you breathe

The circulatory system also functions with

other body systems to deliver different
materials in the body
 FUNCTIONS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

1. Transport of nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to cells

throughout the body and removal of metabolic wastes

2. Protection of the body by white blood cells, antibodies,

and complement proteins that circulate in the blood and
defend the body against foreign microbes and toxins

3. Regulation of body temperature, fluid pH, and water

content of cells.
 3 MAJOR PARTS OF THE
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
1. HEART- pumps the blood throughout the
body

2. BLOOD VESSEL- carries the blood

throughout the body

3. BLOOD- carries the materials throughout

the body
 THE HEART
FOUR CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
RIGHT CHAMBER LEFT CHAMBER
RA LA
RV LV
RIGHT ATRIUM- LEFT ATRIUM-
receives blood from the veins receives oxygenated blood
and pumps it to the right from the lungs and pumps it
ventricle. to the left ventricle.

RIGHT VENTRICLE- LEFT VENTRICLE- (the

receives blood from the right strongest chamber) pumps
atrium and pumps it to the oxygen-rich blood to the rest
lungs, where it is loaded with of the body.
oxygen.
 BLOOD VESSELS
1. ARTERIES- Carry oxygenated blood away from
the heart to the cells, tissues an organs of the
body

2. VEINS- Carry deoxygenated blood to the heart

3. CAPILLIARIES- the smallest blood vessels in

the body, connecting the smallest arteries to the
smallest veins
- the actual site where gases and nutrients are
exchanged
- Carries materials throughout the body

BLOOD COMPONENTS

1. RED BLOOD CELLS

2. WHITE BLOOD CELLS
3. PLATELETS
4. PLASMA
-aka ERYTHROCYTES
-its function is to supply oxygen to the body cells
-it has biconcave shape
- HEMOGLOBIN gives its red color
-aka LEUKOCYTES
- It protects the body from infections, viruses and
bacteria

Types of WBC
1. Monocytes- helps breakdown bacteria
2. Lymphocytes- create antibodies to defend against
bacteria
3. Neutrophils- kill and digest bacteria and fungi
- first line of defense when infections
strikes
4. Basophils- release histamine for allergic reactions
-also thought to play a role in causing the
body to produce the antibody called
immunoglobulin E (IgE)

5. Eosinophil- defense against parasitic infections

- modulation of immediate hypersensitivity
reactions
 -aka thrombocytes
- Helps in blood clotting
- Maintains haemostasis
- Platelets are produced in the bone marrow
 -It carries these blood components throughout the
body as the fluid in which they travel.

-Plasma is the largest component of your blood,

making up about 55% of its overall content. When
isolated on its own, blood plasma is a light yellow
liquid, similar to the color of straw. Along with water,
plasma carries salts and enzymes.