Circulatory System

Functions
 Transportation – transports O 2, CO 2 , nutrients
and wastes
 Regulations – transports hormones and
participates in heat regulation
 Protection – protects our body from injury and
immune defense
Mammalian Heart

Pathway of Blood

 Blood Pressure - is the pressure that blood

exerts against the wall of a blood vessel

 The heart contracts and relaxes in a rhythmic

cycle called the cardiac cycle.
 The contraction, or pumping, phase is called
systole.
 The relaxation, or filling, phase is called
diastole.

 The sinoatrial (SA) node, or pacemaker, sets the

rate and timing at which cardiac muscle cells

contract.
COMMON CIRCULATORY DISEASES

 Atherosclerosis, disease in which plaque builds

up inside your arteries. Over time, plaque
hardens and narrows your arteries.