DISGESTIVE

SYSTEM
chemical digestion Mechanical digestion
functions
it takes in food
it breaks down food so nutrients can
be absorbed
it gets rid of what cannot be digested
transports blood to deliver important substances, such as oxygen, to cells and
to remove wastes, such as carbon dioxide
1. Blood carries important
substances to all parts of the body
2. The heart pumps blood through
a vast network of tubes inside
your body called blood vessels
3. Blood vessels (Arteries,
Capillaries and Veins)
4. The lymphatic system is
considered part of the circulatory
and immune systems.
Oxygen-rich blood is carried away
from the heart in large blood
vessels called artenes.
• Arteries are composed of three
layers.
• Outer layer of connective tissue
• Middle layer of smooth muscle,
it allow for involuntary control of
the arteries
• Inner layer of endothelial tissue
A hollow, muscular organ that pumps
blood throughout the body
• Pumps oxygenated blood to the body
Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
Blood Vessels
•Arteries
1. Transports axygen and nutrents
• Capillanes
2. Cames disease-fighting materials
• Veins
produced by the immune system
3. Contains cell fragments and
proteins for blood clotting
(Coagulación de la sangre)
4 Distributes heat throughout the
body to help regulate body
temperature
Capillaries
Microscopic blood vessels
where the exchange of
important substances and
wastes occur are capillanes,
by diffusion:
Veins
• Divided into four compartments
called chambers
•The right atrium and the left atrium
receive blood returning to the heart.
•The right and left ventricles pump
blood away from the heart.
A strong muscular wall separates the
left side of the heart from the right
side of the heart.
• Valves separate the atria from the
ventricles and keep blood flowing in
one direction.
The superior vena cava is a major vein
in your upper body. It carries blood
from your head, neck, upper chest, and
arms to the heart.