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Circulatory System

The circulatory system, also known as the cardiovascular system, consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood, facilitating the movement of metabolic materials throughout the body. Its primary functions include circulating oxygen, providing nutrients, removing waste, protecting against disease, and regulating body temperature. The heart pumps blood through arteries, veins, and capillaries, while blood itself is composed of plasma and cells that perform essential roles in oxygen transport and immune defense.

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Circulatory System

The circulatory system, also known as the cardiovascular system, consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood, facilitating the movement of metabolic materials throughout the body. Its primary functions include circulating oxygen, providing nutrients, removing waste, protecting against disease, and regulating body temperature. The heart pumps blood through arteries, veins, and capillaries, while blood itself is composed of plasma and cells that perform essential roles in oxygen transport and immune defense.

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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

The circulatory system is the movement of metabolic materials from where they are
produced to where they are used, stored or removed from the body. The circulatory
system is also known as the cardiovascular system.
The circulatory system comprises of:
- Heart
- Blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries)
- Blood
The circulatory system is centered on the HEART, a muscular organ that rhythmically
pumps BLOOD through a complex network of BLOOD VESSELS extending to every part
of the body.
Blood carries the oxygen and nutrients needed to fuel the activities of the body’s tissues
and organs, and it plays a vital role in removing the body’s waste products. An average-
sized adult carries between 9 – 12 pints of blood.

Functions of the circulatory system


1. Circulates OXYGEN and removes Carbon Dioxide.
2. Provides cells with NUTRIENTS.
3. Removes the waste products of metabolism to the excretory organs for disposal.
4. Protects the body against disease and infection.
5. Clotting stops bleeding after injury.
6. Helps regulate body temperature.

The Heart
The heart contracts tirelessly – more than 2.5 billion times over an average lifetime – to
pump blood around the body. It is only as big as your fist. It is very strong and works all
the time, resting only between beats. In adult humans the heart beats between 60 to
100 beats per minute.
Inside the Heart
The heart has two upper chambers, called atria, and two lower chambers, called
ventricles. Blood from the body arrives in the right atrium. The blood passes to the right
ventricle, which pumps it to the lungs to pick up more oxygen. The left atrium receives
oxygen-rich blood (red) back from the lungs. This passes to the left ventricle, which
pumps it by way of the aorta to the body.
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Blood Vessels
There are three main types of vessels. The first one is arteries. Arteries carry
oxygenated (oxygen rich) blood from the heart to the body’s tissues, while the veins
(second blood vessel), carry deoxygenated (oxygen lacking) blood back from the tissues
to the heart. The third and smallest type of blood vessel, is the capillaries, they create a
network for blood flow.

THE HEART
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Blood
Blood is composed of plasma and huge numbers of blood cells that float in the plasma.
The plasma is the watery part of blood that carries nutrients, waste and blood cells. Of
the two main types of blood cell, red blood cells carry oxygen to the body’s tissues, and
white blood cells help defend the body against infection and immune the system. Blood
also transports nutrients, proteins needed for blood clotting, and waste products. A
drop of blood contains millions of red cells, and each cell contains a substance called
haemoglobin. This is also known as ‘rich blood’ or oxygen-filled blood.

Blood Clotting
If a blood vessel is damaged, a clot forms to stop blood leaking. First, platelets stick
together to form a gel-like clot that gradually solidifies then stops the leak. The solid clot
remains until the blood vessel has been repaired.
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