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The document describes the human circulatory system and its components. It explains that the heart pumps blood through arteries, which branch into smaller arterioles and capillaries where nutrients and gases are exchanged, before blood returns to the heart through veins and their tributaries. It also details the composition of blood, including plasma, red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight infection, and platelets that help with clotting.

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CirculatorySystem PPSX

The document describes the human circulatory system and its components. It explains that the heart pumps blood through arteries, which branch into smaller arterioles and capillaries where nutrients and gases are exchanged, before blood returns to the heart through veins and their tributaries. It also details the composition of blood, including plasma, red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight infection, and platelets that help with clotting.

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Tintin Brusola Salen
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The

Human
Circulatory
System
Heart
Major Veins and
Arteries
Blood Vessels
HEART

Arteries Veins
Arterioles Venules
Capillaries
Blood Vessels
Arteries
Elastic, muscular walls
Keep blood under pressure
Nerve signals can make arteries
constrict or dilate
Veins
Thinner, less elastic, less muscle than
arteries
Lower pressure than arteries
Valves and gravity aid flow back to the
heart
Capillaries
One cell thick
Where transfer of gases and nutrients
takes place
Blood
Plasma (55% of whole blood)
Water with dissolved substances
Proteins, sugars, amino acids, salts,
hormones
Variations in concentration
Metabolic imbalances
Kidney problems
Cells (45% of whole blood)
Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
Hemoglobin carries oxygen
Leukocytes (white blood cells)
fight infection
Platelets
Responsible of clot formation
(coagulation)

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