BIOA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Superior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Vein, Pulmonary Artery

• School: UTSC
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOA02H3
• Professor: Ivana Stehlik

Document Summary

Higher metabolic rate pulmonary artery = away from the heart pulmonary vein = towards the heart. Right part pumps blood to the lungs. Left part pumps to the systemic circulation. ** recall afferent and efferent circulation from the human nervous system in this case, afferent vein is into the gill. Efferent vein is out of the gill. Because human have humanglobin the refractory light makes the blood with oxygen to appear red in squid circulation (cephalopods) they have humanciophin it gives a dark blue tint when bound with oxygen.