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Blood Circulation,
Function, and Composition

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reach from New York to San
Francisco about 24 times!!

Blood vessels, along with the heart, are

responsible for the circulation of blood
throughout the body.

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Circulation and the Vascular

System
• Septum divides the heart
into a right and left side

• Has four chambers:

• Right and left atrium
• Right and left ventricle

• Valves allow blood to pass

from the atria to the
ventricles

• The pulmonary artery and

aorta carry blood away from
the heart

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Coronary Circulation
• Provides blood supply to the heart
• Receives oxygenated blood from the aorta
into the coronary arteries
• Coronary veins carry deoxygenated blood to
the right atrium

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Pulmonary circulation
occurs when blood that
has been used by the
cells of the body is
returned to the heart and
transported to the lungs
for gas exchange.

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Exchange of gases Chapter 2 8

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This network of blood vessels carrying

oxygenated blood picks up essential
Digestive system nutrients from the digestive tract to
deliver to all other cells of the body.

Venous Blood Arterial Blood

• Has a larger • Has a larger
concentration of concentration of
Systemic circulation carbon dioxide oxygen than carbon
also removes waste • Pumped by the dioxide
products from the body heart to the lungs • Pumped by the heart to
cells. the body cells
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Exchange of oxygen and carbon

dioxide in the lungs’ capillaries
Pulmonary Circulation
Blood rich in oxygen

Blood low in oxygen

Blood moves from the vena cava to the

right atrium and ventricle for pulmonary
circulation. Blood then moves to the left
atrium and ventricle and into the aorta
for systemic circulation.

Systemic Circulation O2 and CO2 exchange between

capillary beds and body tissues.
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Aorta

Arteries

Arterioles

Capillaries

Venules
Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry
Veins blood toward the heart. The capillaries are exchange
vessels located between the arterial and venous systems.
Vena Cava
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Apply Your Knowledge

Identify the four chambers of the

heart.

ANSWER: Right atrium, left atrium, right

ventricle, and left ventricle

BRAVO!

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Apply Your Knowledge

What is the purpose of pulmonary

circulation?

ANSWER: To exchange oxygen and

carbon dioxide

Good Job!
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