circulatory

system

a system of tubes with a pump and

valves to ensure one way flow of
blood

compostion of
blood

heart

blood vessels

cells

plasma

pale yellow
watery liquid

RBCs

WBCs

platelets

nutrients

contains:

excretory
materials

digested food
(amoni acids,
glucose)

urea

vitamins

CO2

fat droplets

arteries

carries all materials from where

they are absorbed or produced to
where they are needed or excreted

hormones, ions,
antibodies, heat

water

capillaries

veins

materials
transported
digested food

from
small intestine

direction of transport
to
all tissues

urea

liver

kidney

carbon dioxide

tissues

lungs

means of transport
dissolved in
plasma
dissolved in
plasma
plasma:
RBCs:
RBCs:
dissolved in
plasma

oxygen
hormones

lungs
endocrine glands

tissues
target organs

antibodies

pancreas
lymphocytes

liver
all over the body

liver, brain,
muscles

dissipated equally to all parts of the body

heat

Scientific name
Size
Number
Shape
Nucleus
Function

RBCs
Erythrocytes
0.008mm
4-5 million/mm3
Biconcave disc shape
Absent
Carry respiratory gases (mainly
O2)

WBCs
Leucocytes
0.02mm
8000/mm3
Phagocytes
Irregular shape
Irregular/bilobed
Phagocytosis
(engulf
pathogens)

Bicarbonates (85%)
Carbonic acid (5%)
Carbaminohaemoglobin (10%)
Oxyhaemoglobin

dissolved in
plasma
through plasma

Platelets
Thrombocytes
0.003mm
250 000/mm3
Lymphocytes
Round shape
round
Produce
antibodies
(neutralize
toxins)

Irregular shape
Absent
Helps in blood clotting

Importance of Double Circulation

each cells gets max. possible
amount of O2

oxygenated and deoxygenated

blood doesnt mix

helps: -pressure high to body

-pressure lower to lungs

lympahtic systems

lymph vessels (lymphatics) begin as

tiny tubes in the capillary beds, as
numerous as capillaries

tissue fluid

small lymphatics
drain into large
organs

lymph nodes

infection

not absorbed into

the blood stream

valves to ensure flow

in one direction

system of narrow
channels through
which lymph drains

lymph nodes swell

drains into these

lymphatics

situated close to
muscles that squeeze
the lymph

large phagocytes
attached to the walls
of the channels

major site of
lymphocyte
production

known as lymph

lymphatics

from right side of

body

from the left side of

the body

combine to form
right lymphatic duct

empty their contents

into the blood
stream

they engulf basteria

and dead cells from
the lymph

empties contents to
blood stream

at the left subclavian

vents near the heart

groin, under the

arms and in the neck

at the right
subclavian veins near
the heart

all tissue fluid

eventually drain back
into the heart