BIOL 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Circulatory System, Pulmonary Circulation, Blood Vessel
14 May 2017
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Open circulatory system: a circulatory system in which blood is pumped through open-ended vessels and bathes the tissues and organs directly. In an animal with an open circulatory system, blood and interstitial fluid are one and the same. Phagocyte: a white blood cell (for example, a neutrophil or a monocyte) that engulfs bacteria, foreign proteins, and the remains of dead body cells. Plasma: the liquid matrix of the blood in which the blood cells are suspended. Platelet: a pinched-off cytoplasmic fragment of a bone marrow cell; platelets circulate in the blood and are important in blood clotting. Pulmonary artery: a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to a lung. Pulmonary circuit: one of two main blood circuits in terrestrial vertebrates; conveys blood between the heart and the lungs. Pulmonary vein: a blood vessel that conveys blood from a lung to the heart.
