2. INTRODUCTION
• It is a network that carries blood through out the
body
• All animals have some kind of circulatory system
• Supplies cells with food and oxygen
3. COMPONENTS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
• Heart
- 72 bpm
- cardiac output ( Q = stroke volume X heart rate)
• Blood
- red blood cells
- white blood cells
- platelets
- plasma
• Blood vessels
- arteries
- veins
- capillaries
13. FUNCTIONS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
• Transport oxygen from lungs to cells around the body
and carbondioxide from cells to lungs
• Transport nutrients like glucose
• Transport waste from cells to organs that eliminate
them
• Contains cell that fight infection and defend against
foreign bodies
• Maintains ph level and ionic concentration of fluids
in the body
• Helps to maintain body temperature