BIOL 1080 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stenosis, Immunosuppression, Purkinje Fibers

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Composed of three main components: heart muscular pump, blood vessels channels for blood flow, blood fluid that circulates through the body and carries materials between cells (communication) There are many affiliated organs and tissues: extracellular fluid and lymphatics, kid(cid:374)ey (cid:894)filteri(cid:374)g(cid:895) a(cid:374)d splee(cid:374) (cid:894)reser(cid:448)oir for r(cid:271)(cid:272)(cid:859)s a(cid:374)d (cid:449)(cid:271)(cid:272)(cid:859)s(cid:895, liver (filtering, digestion, glycogen storage, lungs (oxygenation, co2 removal, bone marrow (pool of stem cells) Deoxygenated blood returns to the right side of the heart (pulmonary side) Oxygenated blood leaves the left side of the heart (systematic side) Note the deoxygenated blood in the pulmonary artery and vena cavae, and the oxygenated blood in the pulmonary vein and aorta. Arteries leave the heart and veins return to the heart. Most of the blood in the body is in the systemic veins and venules (60%) Left ventricles is the strongest part of the heart. Arteries (4. 0d: thick muscular walls (smooth muscle) designed to handle the high pressure in arterial blood.

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