HLTC22H3 Chapter 6: Health and Aging reading notes chapter 6
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Cardiovascular system is the body"s main transportation system. Sends supplies like fluids, nutrients, hormones, oxygen, and antibodies to the tissue in the body while at the same time removing waste products such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen ions. Composed of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry blood to it. Blood is a fluid composed of red, and white blood cells, The left side and right side of the heart each 2 upper chambers (atria) which collect blood, and the 2 lower chambers (ventricles) which pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body. Oxygen poor blood is collect in the right atrium from the large veins of the body, the superior and inferior vena cava. Oxygen rich blood is sent via the pulmonary veins to the left atrium from where it flows to the left ventricle and is pumped out through the aorta.
