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Pre-IGCSE Biology 9

Dr. Ei Ei Min
3.1 The Human Circulatory System

• Sit very still and quiet

• Put your fingers on your neck , just underneath your chin.

• Can you feel the pulse?

• Each pulse that you can feel is caused by one beat of your
heart. All through your life, your heart keeps on beating ,
pushing blood around your body.
3.1 The Human Circulatory System

• The blood travels round the body inside tubes called blood
vessels.
• The heart and blood vessels together make up the circulatory
system.
Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

• One of the most important functions of the circulatory system


is to supply oxygen to all the cells in the body.

• Oxygen enters the blood as the blood passes through the


lungs.

• The oxygen diffuses from the air inside the lungs, into the
blood.

• When blood contains a lot of oxygen, it is bright red (the


blood is oxygenated).
Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

• Oxygen leaves the blood as the blood passes through tissues


where the cells are using up oxygen.

• The oxygen diffuses from the blood , into the body cells.

• When blood has lost most of its oxygen, it becomes a more


blueish-red (the blood is deoxygenated).

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