BIOL-2230 Chapter 17: Textbook Notes

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In this chapter, we describe the composition and functions of this life-sustaining. Delivering oxygen from the lungs and nutrients from the digestive tract to. Blood performs a number of functions, all concerned in one way or another with. Transporting metabolic waste products from cells to elimination sites. Transporting hormones from the endocrine organs to their target organs. fluid that serves as a transport vehicle for the organs of the cardiovascular system. Blood exits the heart via arteries, which branch repeatedly until they become tiny capillaries. By diffusing across the capillary walls, oxygen and nutrients leave the blood and enter the body tissues, and carbon dioxide and wastes move from the tissues to the bloodstream. As oxygen-deficient blood leaves the capillary beds, it flows into veins, which return it to the heart. The returning blood then flows into veins, which return it to the heart.

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