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Functions of the Circulatory System Transportation
Regulation
Protection


Components of the circulatory system Cardiovascular system
Lymphatic system


Cardiovascular system consist of Heart-Four Chambers
Blood Vessles (Arteries, arterioles, capilliars, venules and veins)


Lympahatic system consits of Lymphatic vessles
lymphoid tissues
Lymphatic organs


What are the lymphatic organs Spleen, Thymus, Tonsils and lymph nodes


Luekocyts are WBC


Describe a luekocyt 1. Have nuclei and mitochondria
2. They move through capillary walls to connective tissue
3. Normal Range is 5000,9000


What are the 2 types of luekocytes 1. Granular, neutrophils ,eosinophils, and basophils
2.Agranular, monocytes and lympocytes


Platelets are also called Thrombocytes


Describe a platelet Smallest formed element
lack nuclei
short lived 5-9 days
clots blood with fibrinogen
Releases serotonin to stimulate vasoconstriction
Normal range 130000,400000


What is the process of blood formation called? Hematopoiesis


Hematopietic Stem cells do what (embryonic cells ) give rise to all blood cells


Where does blood cell formation occur Myeloid tissue in the red bone marrorw and lymphoid tissue


Large group of small proteins peptides or glycoproteins Cytokines
that are secreted by specific cells of the immune system

, Cytokeins do what? Singals molecules that mediate and regulate immunity, inflammation and
meatopoiesis


What is the formation of White blood cells? Leukopoiesis


What stimulates the productions of WBC Cytokeins


What stimulations the growth of megakaryocytes and Thrombopoietin
maturation into platelets in meatopoiesis?


Hemostasis is the cessation of bleeding when a blood vessel is damaged


How is the blood clot formed Damage exposes the collagen fibers to blood which stimulates vasoconstriction,
formations of platelet plug and formation of fibrinin protein


Platelets bind to Collagen


What holds the platelets tot he collagen? Von Willebrand


Platelets stimulate the clot formation the following ways ADP stimulates (Stickey Platelets)
Serotonin stimulates (Vasoconstriction)
Thromboxane A stimulates both stickey platelets and vasoconstriction


In clot formation fibrogen gets converted to fibrin


How is fibrogen converted to fibrin Calcium and phospholipids from platelets convert prothrombin to thrombin with
convers fibrinogen to fibrin


what is needed by the liver to make several clotting Vitamin K
factors


what dissolves clots Plasmin


What drugs prevent clotting Calcium chelators
Heparin
coumadin


The hearts energy demand uses 5kg of atp/day
mostly fatty acids and glucose


Auto Rhythmic heart means it beats without stimuli from the nervous system


The cardiac conduction system has the Sinoatrial Node (SA) which is the hearts pacemaker


The heart consist of 4 chambers

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