PHGY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hemolymph, Arteriole, Closed System
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Lecture fifteen- friday, february 5th, 2010 know what"s in the textbook for test: sections a-e of chapter 12 (pgs 359-425) Bringing fuel to cells (eg glucose from liver to brain) Bringing nutrients to the body (eg from intestine to the liver) Removal of waste products (eg carbon dioxide to lungs, ammonia to liver urea kidneys) waste products are toxic! Circulation of hormones (eg adrenaline to skeletal muscles) Thermoregulation (transport heat from where it"s produced to skin, where it can be released) frostbite: flow of blood to the skin shut down to keep heat in the body. No heart or vessels, doesn"t need them due to small size. Wastes are diffused out as well if they get hungry, pseudopods engulf in they need oxygen, it diffuses in from water surrounding it. Single cell of a rabbit ventricle is about 100 microns long. Therefore the scale of the cell is almost the same as the scale of the amoeba.