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A = aorta
B = pulmonary arteries
C = pulmonary veins
D = left atrium
E = valve
F = left ventricle
G = right ventricle
H = valve
I = vena cavae
J = right atrium
Blood Vessels
1. Arteries
--carry blood away from the heart
--usually spurt blood when cut
--all except the pulmonary artery carry
oxygenated blood
--thick walled and elastic
pulse: expansion and contraction of the
artery walls in response to the heartbeat
Veins
--carry blood toward the heart
--contain valves
--closer to the body surface than the
arteries
--all except the pulmonary vein carry
deoxygenated blood
--thinner, less muscular and elastic than
arteries
--depend upon muscle and diaphragm
movements for blood flow
Capillaries
--most numerous vessels
--connect arteries to veins
--microscopic, one cell thick walls
--site of much exchange between the
blood and the intracellular fluid (lymph)
by diffusion
Lymph vessels
-have walls one cell thick
-present around all body cells
-Lymph composition is similar to that of
blood except for the absence of RBC
and some plasma proteins.
-chief site of material exchange with the
tissues
Blood Pressure
Blood
Blood = a connective tissue made up of blood cells and a
liquid called blood plasma.
About 7 % of your body mass
About 4.5- 5.6 Liters in an adult human
Men = 5.6 Liters
Women = 4.5 Liters
Pregnant woman = 5.0 Liters
The Functions of Blood
Delivers:
Picks Up:
- Nutrients
- waste kidneys
- Oxygen, Water, minerals
- carbon dioxide lungs
- Hormones and enzymes
- heat skin
- pollutants
Components of Blood
Blood Composition
Plasma 55% (liquid part of the blood);
Blood Cells 45%
55%
plasma
45 %
RBC, WBC
and platelets
Plasma- nonliving
Yellow liquid (92% H2O)
8 % nutrients, salts, urea, hormones
Carries:
RBC, WBC, Platelets, Carbon dioxide, food
and waste
2. Lymphocytes--produce antibodies
which clump bacterial poisons or
bacteria (antigens) (antigens--foreign
substances in the body)
Platelets- living
Bits of cells
Live for approximately 10 days
Function of Platelets
creates fibrin = enzyme that helps clot
blood (tiny threads seal cuts)
3. Platelets
--smallest blood cells (fragments)
--150,000 to 300,000 per drop of
blood
--needed for clotting
Clotting:
Involves a series
of enzyme
controlled
reactions resulting
in the formation of
protein fibers that
trap blood cells
and form a clot.
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