BIOM 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Atrioventricular Node, Purkinje Fibers, Cardiac Muscle

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Vascular system (circulatory system): is a series of tubes (blood vessels) connect to a pump (the heart) Blood is constantly moved through the system to all regions of the body, supplying blood cells with nutrients/gases. Circulatory system (3 parts: a pump: the heart, carrying vessels: arteries, arterioles, venules and veins, networks of small vessels: capillary beds (within which transfer materials between blood and body cells) 2 muscular pumps-the left (pumps blood into body) and right (pumps blood into lungs) side of the heart, each with an upper chamber (auricle) and lower chamber (ventricle) The atria have thin walls compared with the ventricle walls. The left ventricle wall is thicker than the right ventricle wall. Blood moves from major veins leading into the atria. Contraction of the atrial muscle forces blood towards the ventricle. Contraction of ventricular muscle forces blood into the major arteries that lead away from the heart.

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