1. The Circulatory System

2. 1. Using your first two fingers (not your thumb), try to find your pulse. There are several places you can check.
2. Once you have found a good pulse point, have a partner time you for 15 seconds and count the number of times you feel your pulse. ___________
3. Multiply that number by 4 to get the resting beats per minute _____________

3. The Circulatory System
Made up of the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system

4. The Cardiovascular System
Made up of (organs):
heart
blood vessels (veins and arteries)
blood

5. The Cardiovascular System
Functions
Carries nutrients, gases, hormones and waste around the body.
carbon dioxide and waste away
oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to
Helps your body maintain a balanced temperature.

6. heart – hollow muscular organ that pumps blood around the body.
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heart – hollow muscular organ that pumps blood around the body.
Size of your fist
Located in the center of your chest
right side pumps oxygen poor blood to the lungs
left side pumps oxygen rich blood to the body.

7. Structure of the Heart The heart has two sides
Each side has an upper chamber
Atrium
Each side has a lower chamber
Ventricle

8. How the Heart Works The heart’s action has two phases
The heart relaxes and the atria fill with blood
The atria contract, blood is pumped into the ventricles, then the ventricles contract and send blood out of the heart
Blood only travels in one direction, it cannot flow backwards

9. Regulation of the Heartbeat
The heart contains pacemaker cells that tell the heart when to beat
When you are exercising, excited, scared etc…, your heart beats faster.
When you are relaxed, calm, asleep etc…, your heart beats slower.

10. Helps the body maintain homeostasis (balance)
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blood – the tissue that carries gases, hormones, nutrients and wastes through the body.
Helps the body maintain homeostasis (balance)

12. FACT: blood is NEVER blue!!!!
Oxygen rich blood from an artery
Oxygen poor blood from a vein

13. Unless you’re a horseshoe crab.

14. blood vessels – the tubes that your blood travels in.
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blood vessels – the tubes that your blood travels in.
arteries
capillaries
veins

15. Arteries arteries - carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.
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arteries - carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.
Walls are thick, strong and flexible
Contain smooth muscle that can contract and relax

16. Arteries

17. Capillaries
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capillaries - tiny blood vessels where material is exchanged between the blood and the body’s cells.
Oxygen and glucose rich blood from the arteries goes into the capillaries
From the capillaries needed materials pass into the cells and waste material is removed from the cells

18. Capillaries

19. Veins veins - carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.
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veins - carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.
Veins have 3 layers to their walls too but the wall is much thinner
Muscle contractions, breathing and valves help move blood through veins

20. Veins

21. Create this chart in your notes and complete.
artery
capillary

22. Blood moves in circuits inside blood vessels.
Oxygen poor blood enters the right atrium.
It is then pumped to the right ventricle, then to the lungs.
It picks up oxygen and goes back to the left atrium
It pumps from the left atrium into the left ventricle.
The left ventricle pumps oxygen rich blood to the rest of the body.

23. Blood moves in two circuits around the body:

24. Maintaining body temperature
Blood circulating through the body helps maintain homeostasis.
When we are hot, blood vessels enlarge to allow more blood close to the surface of our skin where it can be cooled.
When we are cold, blood vessels constrict to keep as much blood close to the chest as possible to keep us warm.

25. The Lymphatic System Made up of (organs): lymph nodes lymph vessels
spleen
bone marrow
Tonsils
thymus

26. The Lymphatic System Functions Carries white blood cells.
Helps remove waste from the blood.
Helps us heal and fight disease.

27. Lymph can move in and out of blood vessels and body tissues.
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lymph – clear to white fluid found in blood that contains white blood cells.
Lymph can move in and out of blood vessels and body tissues.
It helps prevent infection and heals injuries.

28. lymph nodes – small, bean shaped organs that remove dead cells and pathogens.
Found mostly in the arm pits, neck and groin.
Stores white blood cells that help fight infection.

29. bone marrow – soft tissue inside of bones where red blood cells are produced.

30. tonsils – small lymphatic organs at the back of the throat.
Tonsils help defend the body against infection.

31. spleen – largest lymphatic organ. It stores white blood cells.

32. Working together:
These two systems work together to form the circulatory system.
Blood stays in the blood vessels (closed loop).
Lymph can travel in and out of lymph vessels and into and out of blood vessels (open loop).

33. Working together:

34. Working together: