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Chapter 34
Circulatory Systems 2
Internal Transport in Animals
The Problem:
All animal cells need to acquire nutrients &
oxygen from the environment & give off carbon
dioxide & other wastes to the environment.
How is this problem solved in different animals?
Unicellular protists (Amoeba, Paramecium)
- Use cell membrane to do these functions.
- Have high surface area-to-volume ratio which
allows sufficient materials to enter & exit
Small multicellular animals
- May use exterior surface or branches of inside
cavities (gastrovascular cavities) to do their
exchanges
Ex: Sea anemones & flatworms
Aquatic Organisms 3
Without a Circulatory System
Circulatory Systems 4
Other Invertebrate Solutions
Roundworms
Use fluids in their body cavity as a means of
transporting substances
Circulatory Systems 5
Other Invertebrate Solutions
Echinoderms (Starfish)
Also use fluids in their body cavity
Circulatory Systems 6
Invertebrate Circulation
All other animals have a circulatory system in
which a pumping heart moves a fluid into blood
vessels.
Two types of circulatory fluids:
Blood - which is always contained within blood
vessels.
Hemolymph - blood analogue. It is a mixture of
water, inorganic compounds & organic
compounds. There are no blood cells.
- Hemolymph flows within a body cavity called a
hemocoel.
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Invertebrate Circulation
Open Circulatory System (Arthropods & most Mollusks)
Heart pumps hemolymph via vessels
Vessels empty into tissue spaces
Eventually hemolymph drains back to the heart
Grasshopper circulation (arthropod):
- Dorsal tubular heart pumps hemolymph into dorsal
aorta which empties into hemocoel.
- When heart contracts, openings called ostia, are closed
- When heart relaxes, hemolymph is sucked back into
heart by way of ostia.
- Hemolymph of insects is colorless due to lack of
hemoglobin & it does NOT carry oxygen. Use trachea.
Open vs. Closed Circulatory Systems 8
Open vs. Closed Circulatory Systems 9
Invertebrate Circulation
•Arteries
- Have thick walls. Have thick muscles in wall & elastic.
- Able to expand & contract to accommodate increased
flow of blood after heart beats.
Capillaries
- Extremely narrow, microscopically small tubes
- Walls composed of only one layer of epithelial cells
- No cell is more than 60-80 m from a capillary
- Only about 5% of capillary beds are open at once
- Blood cells must pass through in single file
- Allow exchange of materials across their thin walls
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Blood Vessels in the Vertebrates
•Venules
- Collect blood from capillary beds
- Join to form veins
Veins
- Walls of veins much thinner than in arteries
- Thinner muscle layer
- Have lower blood pressure than arteries
- Have valves which open towards the heart. These keep
the blood from flowing backwards.
Transport in Birds and Mammals 17
Circulatory Systems 18
Comparison of Circulatory Pathways
Two types of circulatory paths are seen:
Fish - Blood follows a one-circuit (single-loop)
pathway through the body
Heart has a single atrium and single ventricle
- Ventricle pumps blood to gills
- Gas exchange occurs in gills
- Blood returns to aorta which brings blood to
body. Blood pressure is lower here.
- Veins return oxygen-poor blood to an enlarged
chamber called the sinus venosus that leads to
the atrium.
- Atrium pumps blood back to ventricle.
Comparison of Circulatory Circuits 19
in Vertebrates
Circulatory Systems 20
Comparison of Circulatory Pathways
All other vertebrates have a two-circuit (double-
loop) pathway.
Heart pumps blood to two places:
•to the body tissues, called the systemic circuit.
•to the lungs, called the pulmonary circuit.
This double pumping system is an adaptation to
breathing air on land.
Comparison of Circulatory Circuits 21
in Vertebrates
Circulatory Systems 22
Two-circuit Circulatory Pathways
Amphibians
Two atria with a single ventricle
Sinus venosus collects oxygen-poor, deoxygenated,
blood & pumps it to right atrium.
Oxygen-rich, oxygenated, blood coming back from lungs
passes to left atrium.
Both atria empty into single ventricle
Oxygenated & deoxygenated blood is somewhat kept
separate because O2 poor blood is pumped out of
ventricle before O2 rich blood enters.
- Deoxygenated blood is pumped to lungs.
- Oxygenated blood is pumped to the body.
Comparison of Circulatory Circuits 23
in Vertebrates
Circulatory Systems 24
Two-circuit Circulatory Pathways
Reptiles
A septum partially divides ventricle.
Mixing of oxygen-poor & oxygen-rich blood is
minimal
Crocodiles & alligators have a complete septum &
thus have a true 4-chambered heart
Comparison of Circulatory Circuits 25
in Vertebrates
Circulatory Systems 26
Two-circuit Circulatory Pathways
Birds & Mammals
A septum completely divides heart into left and
right halves.
Right ventricle pumps blood to lungs
Larger left ventricle pumps blood to rest of body
This provides good blood pressure in both the
pulmonary and systemic circuits.
Comparison of Circulatory Circuits 27
in Vertebrates
Circulatory Systems 28
Transport in Humans
Human Heart
Fist-sized; cone-shaped
Major portion is called myocardium, and is
composed of cardiac muscle.
- Muscle fibers are branched & tightly joined
Heart lies within a fluid-filled sac, the pericardium
Inner surface of heart is lined with endocardium,
composed of connective & epithelial tissue.
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Human Heart: Circulatory Systems 30
Gross Anatomy
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
A recording of electrical changes that occur in
myocardium during cardiac cycle
When SA node triggers an impulse, the atrial fibers
produce an electrical change called the P wave. This
signals that the atria are about to contract.
The QRS complex signals that the ventricles are about to
contract & the atria are relaxing.
The T wave is produced during the electrical changes
that occur as the ventricles are recovering.
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Coronary Arteries
-Arise from aorta & come back to serve the heart.
-Lie on exterior surface of heart & then branch into
arterioles & capillaries.
Portal System
-A blood vessel system that begins & ends in
capillaries.
1. Hepatic Portal System – takes blood from
intestines to liver without going back to heart in
between.
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Blood Pressure