BIOL 2P97 Lecture 5: The Cardiovascular System Part 1

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Fuel and nutrient pickup from the gi tract and transport to other. Pickup and transport of waste excreted by tissue cells and delivery to. Perfusion of lungs with blood for gas exchange and regulation. Transport of heat around the body for temperature regulation. Transport of white cells involved in immunity tissues and cells kidneys for removal o o o o o. The relatively high metabolic rates of humans requires a cv system that can support higher rates of material exchange. Humans and other mammals have a closed cv system in which blood moves quickly in large conducting vessels and then slows down in capillaries where exchange between blood and cells occurs. A four chambered heart separates the flow of oxygenated from non- oxygenated blood. Consists of the heart and the blood vessels. Simplified anatomy of the cv system, with the four chambered heart at the center heart.

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