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CircuIatory systems
Form and Function
CircuIation W Transport of: Nutrients MetaboIic wastes MetaboIic gases Various eIements of the immune system HormonaI signaIs Heat energy The evoIution of circuIation in animaIs W Primitive animaIs reIy upon diffusion as a mechanism of transport (Porifera, Cnidaria) W Diffusion becomes inefficient over distances of 2-3 ceIIs (Iimits size of PIatyheIminthes) W DeveIopment of a pseudocoeIom provided primitive circuIatory sac with fIuid W EucoeIomates (MoIIusca onwards) deveIoped true circuIatory systems $ome animaIs use diffusion for circuIation $uch as Hydra and BarreI $ponge Types of CircuIatory $ystems W G bIood pressure insect adaptations moIIusk adaptations W G veIocity fIexibiIity W G distribution fIexibiIity W probIems with aerobic animaIs W bIood pressure arteriaI system permits uItrafiItration W veIocity fIexibiIity W distribution fIexibiIity W adapted for aerobic animaIs CIosed Open Open and CIosed CircuIation W 0pen systems (Ho||usca, Arthropoda} bathe organs |n haemo|ymph. organs he|d |n secondary spaces (s|nuses} that may jo|n together to form haemocoe| W 6|osed systems conta|n c|rcu|atory f|u|d (b|ood} |n a vascu|ar system that feeds |nd|v|dua| organs W oth open and c|osed systems requ|re a pump (heart} Pacemaker CeIIs W Neurogenic Hearts modified nerve ceIIs invertebrates (crustaceans) cardiac gangIion CN$ reguIated heart rate W Myogenic Hearts modified muscIe ceIIs vertebrate & moIIusks sinoatriaI node fastest pacemaker reguIates heart rate W Iatent pacemaker W ectopic pacemaker earts W Hearts have evoIved from two, to three, to four chambered systems W Human heart powers duaI circuit (puImonary and systemic) W EKG refIects compIex waveform (systoIe / diastoIe) Comparing Vertebrate Hearts %he card|ovascu|ar network BIood contains... PIasma (dissoIved metaboIites, wastes, hormones, ions, proteins) Red bIood ceIIs (Erythrocytes = O 2 /CO 2 transport) White bIood ceIIs: W NeutrophiIs (immune defense) W EosinophiIs (parasite defense) W BasophiIs (infIammatory response) W Monocytes (immune surveiIIance) W B-Lymphocytes (antibody production) W T-Lymphocytes (ceIIuIar immune response) W PIateIets (bIood cIotting) The EKG cycIe The PQR$T compIex bnormaI EKGs MammaIian Kidney W Bowman's capsuIe W gIomeruIus: tuft of capiIIaries (uItrafiItrate) The Lymphatic system WCoIIects fIuids and particIes in the interstitiaI fIuid primariIy the resuIt of capiIIary Ieakages WFiIters fIuid at Lymph Nodes, removing foreign substances WForeign substances are subsequentIy destroyed by white bIood ceII activity hat cou|d th|s an|ma| be? W Large size and weight W More compIex than animaI that uses diffusion W Has bIood not hemoIymph - cIosed system W 4 chambered heart mammaI