THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Circulatory system consists of the heart, blood & blood vessels. They bring food nutrients & oxygen to the different cells carrying away the wastes. Dr. William Harvey, an English slightly to the left side. hysician who discovers that blood circulates

Heart ! is a hollow muscular organ which is located at the u slightly to the left side.

er half of the chest cavity

"ericardium # delicate membrane that covers the heart

Cardiac $uscles # muscles of the heart

Heartbeats # the contraction & relaxation of the heart

Ty es of %lood Ty e & Ty e % Ty e C # universal

Direct %lood Transfusion # it is the whole blood '( ersons lying down) *ndirect %lood Transfusion # it is the lasma which is in the bottle

Hemo hilia # inability to have a blood clot

Hemorrhage # rofuse bleeding+ to be in,ected with vitamin -

. /inds of %lood 0essels 1. arteries # carries blood away from the heart (. veins # carries the blood into the heart .. ca illary # small blood vessels that carries food nutrients

2 Chambers of the Heart 1. 3ight auricle or &trium (. 4eft auricle or &trium .. 3ight 0entricle 2. 4eft 0entricle

Com osition of the %lood 1. 3ed %lood Cells # carries food nutrients & oxygen (. White %lood Cells # soldiers in the body .. Hemoglobin # ma-es the real yellow blood color red 2. %lood "latelets # ma-es the blood clot 5. "lasma # water6li7uid in the blood 89: ! oxygen in the blood 12: ! carbon dioxide in the body

%lood coming from the head & nec- enters to the ;0C to the 3&. %lood coming from the toes u to waist enters to the WC to the 3&. When the 3& is filled u with blood, it contracts ro elling the blood to enter to the 30 contracts assing through the tricus id valves. When the 30 is filled u ro elling the blood to enter the w6 blood, it

ulmonary artery to the 34 & 44 for

oxygenation. <xygenated blood carrying from the 44 will enter to the "ulmonary vein to the 4&. When the 4& is filled u with blood it contracts ro elling the blood to enter to the 40 assing through the bicus id valves. When the 40 is filled u with blood it contracts ro elling the blood to enter to the largest artery the &orta & the aorta is now res onsible in distributing the blood to all arts of the body.