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A HandWritten summary which contains all the necessary A* Content for Transport in Animals at OCR A-Level Biology.

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Arteries :



Transport oxygenated blood away from the heart so .
4cm
collagen
Elastic fiders Withstand blood and
isTiers"
high pressure even out
surges
:

-
III lumen

Smooth muscle Constrict or dilate to control
:

blood flow
↳ Arterioles :
Smooth Muscle contracts or relaxes to cause vasodilation or vasoconstriction - 30xum

- redblood
&net
-
-E
-7
Capillaries :

link arterioles and venules 10cum only
so one sel fits
ES ..




gaps for good
I
Capillary wall cen thick with transport
:




Veins Carry blood towards the heart <1cm
:




smooth muscle values Often contain values to prevent backflow
:




Elastic fibers

1/I lumen

low pressure Muscle contraction and
breathing movement squeeze the veins
:


collagen




Blood Plasma liquid blood and platelets
transporting substrates red calls white blood cells
:


, ,




Oxygenation of Cens Removal of Waste products Transport of hormones
·
- -




Transport of food molecules Transport of immune cens Acts as a buffer
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Tissue fluid fills spaces between cells :




. Arterial end
High pressure
:


hydrostatic a
fluid leaves the
capillary
2 .




Capillary
:
Lower oncotic
pressures Some tissue fluid moves back in

3 . Venous end Low :



hydrostatic pressure smore tissue fluid moves back in


Lymph Tissue fluid :
drained into lymph capillaries ->
transport lymphocytes from the lymph nodes
to the rest of the
body to
fight infection

Transporting oxygen :



: binds with
Oxygen haemoglobin the molecule changes shape so the
s
next Or molecule is

bind
able to more
easily (positive cooperativity)
2 At the offloaded
respiring cens the Oc Concentration is low so oxygen is
.




Oxygen Dissociation Curve :
3



affinity for
f
Bohr effect High CO2 decreases haemoglobins
2
2
oxygen
:

.




↳ Oxygen is offloaded more

.
3 Fetal
haemoglobin Higher oxygen offinity so
:
it can be removed from the mother
O Kpa

Transporting Carbon Dioxide :



3 % of CO2 Dissolved in blood plasma 10-20%:
Carbaminohaemoglobin 75-83%: HC05
·
: · ·




Catalysed by Carbonic anhydrase
1
O, + H2O -H2CO5 Carbonizacid ->
.




2 .


H2C05 dissociates into H HC03
RBC cell down concentration
gradient chlorine maintaining charge
3 .


HC05 leaves the a , moves in ,

4 In the .

lungs (low CO2 Concentration) the process reverses
releasing CO2
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