Type Description Exampl

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Single blood passes through the Fish
Circulation heart only once on each
circuit around the whole of
the blood circulation system
of the animal

Double blood passes through the Human

Circulation heart twice during one  
complete circuit around the
blood system through the
body of the animal
 Circulatory System
a. It
supplies oxygen and nutrient to our bodies
by working with the respiratory system.
b.It
helps carry waste and carbon dioxide out
of the body.
c.It
transports hormones produced by the
endocrine system .
d.It
helps maintain the body temperature by
transporting heat to the surface of the skin.
Circulatory System
 Heart
 Blood
 Blood vessels
Heart
- is the key organ in the circulatory system;
pear-shaped muscular organ located at the
left side of the chest; it is the side of a fist;
wrapped and protected by a membrane
called pericardium
- the heart beats 70 to 80 times per minute
-FUNCTION: it main function is to pump
blood throughout the body
Sides of the Heart
 Right side – pumps oxygen – poor blood to the lungs
 Left Side – receives oxygen – rich blood from the
lungs
Septum - separate the left side from right side of
the heart
Chambers of the Heart
 Atria (atrium) – upper chambers
 receives blood coming into the heart and pump
it into ventricles
 Ventricles (ventricle) – lower chambers
 Pumps blood out of the heart
 Valves of the Heart
Valves – regulate and direct the flow of the blood.

 Semilunar Valves – exit valves

 Atrioventricular Valves – the entrance valves
Tricuspidvalves – located the right atrium and
right ventricle.
Bicuspid
(mitral valve) – located between left
atrium and left ventricle.
Blood
Characteristics Functions
about 7- 8% of the helps maintain homeostasis
total human body transports oxygen and nutrients
weight to the cells and removes carbon
color varies from dioxide, ammonia, and other
bright scarlet red, waste products
depending on the boosts the immune system to
amount of oxygen protect a person against
it carries disease – causing organisms
maintain constant body
temperature
Components of the Blood
 Blood Plasma (liquid part)
- 55% of the blood volume
- 90% water and 10% different substances
dissolved and suspended in water
Components of the Blood
 Cellular Elements (solid part)
- 45% of the blood volume
Components of the Blood
Component Life Diameter Number Description Function
Span (in um) (per mm3)
  20 to 120 7-8 4.5x106  tiny, concave, Oxygen
Red blood cells Days 5.5x106 disk-shape shells transport
(erythrocyte)  bright red to (hemoglobin)
dark red in color

White blood      round cells w/ Defense

cells 6–8 9 – 12 7x103 prominent nuclei against
(leukocytes) hours 1x104 of varying microorganism
shapes and size s
 colorless in color

Platelets      smallest cellular  

(thrombocytes) 10 Days 2-4 3x105 elements Blood clotting
 fragments of
cells
Blood Vessels

 - the tubes where the blood flow in the close circulatory system
Types of Blood Vessels
Blood Description Function
Vessels
Arteries  thick and elastic wall  carry blood away from the heart
and into the capillaries
 Aorta – largest artery
 Arterioles – smallest artery
Veins  thinner but wider valves  carry blood toward the heart
 have one – way valves and into the capillaries in the
tissues
 Vena Cava – largest vein
 Venules – smallest veins
Capillari  finest and smallest blood  connect the arterioles and
es vessels venules
 much thinner and elastic  facilitate the exchange of
walls materials between the blood and
  body cells or between the blood
and the lung tissues