Circulatory System
Organs
Heart
Blood Vessels
Function
Circulate Blood Flow
Capillaries –> Venues –> Veins –> VC –> RA –> RV –>
Parteries –> Lungs –> Pvein –> LA –> LV –> Aorta-->Artery-->Arteriole-->Capillaries (repeat)
*Right heart – pulmonary circulation
**accepts the DeOed blood
**pumps
to lungs and back to left heart
*Left heart – systemic circulation
**receives the Oed blood
**remaining tissues of the body
*Lie in series
with one another Each networks has a special purpose and is referred to
as a portal system *”Regulation”
====Terminology:====
*Diastolic
pressure – [[Heart]]
*Systolic pressure – [[Heart]]
*Blood Pressure –
[[Aorta, Arteries and Arterioles]]
*Endothelial cells – [[Aorta,
Arteries and Arterioles]]
*Chordae Tendinae: tendons that prevent the
backflow of AV valves
*Atrial Kick – [[Heart]]
*Cardiac output –
[[Heart]]
*Systole – [[Heart]]
*Diastole – [[Heart]]
*Baroreceptors –
[[Heart]]
*Chemoreceptors – [[Heart]]
====Additional Information:====
