KINESIOL 1YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Red Blood Cell, Cardiac Muscle, Blood Vessel

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Function: transport mechanism for human body: nutrients: macronutrients and micronutrients, gases: oxygen and carbon dioxide, end products of metabolism (including hormones) Components of cv system: heart: central pump cardiac muscle: energy generator and consumer, blood vessels (vasculature) extensions of heart (cardiac tissue) throughout the body, blood fluid contained within the cv system. 19. 1 - functions of blood: transport of gases, nutrients and waste products, oxygen, co2, metabolic end products, glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, urea, uric acid, creatinine, ammonia. Bilirubin - breakdown product of red blood cells. Vitamin d precursor from skin to liver and kidneys: transport of regulatory molecules, hormones (from endocrine glands to rest of body, regulation of ph and osmosis, normal ph between 7. 35 and 7. 45. E. g. intense exercise, acidic environment . blood buffers h: maintenance of body temperature, heat transfer from muscle tissue to blood to skin to external environment (exercise and. Built-in mechanism for self-repair of damaged tissues (blood vessels)

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