THE

PHYSIOLOGICAL
SUPPORT SYSTEM
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• Involves the heart, blood vessel and blood

THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS:

• Transport- carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, lactic acid
• Clotting- platelets form clots around wounds to stop infection
• Temperature regulation- Through vasodilation the body can bring blood vessel
to the surface to release heat.
THE HEART REMEMBER: The blood always
leaves the heart after it is pumped out
of a
ventricle
Right side of the heart
deoxygenated blood

left side of the heart

oxygenated blood

Pulmonary vein carries

oxygenated blood

Pulmonary artery carries

deoxygenarated blood
THE PASSAGE OF
BLOOD
DOUBLE PUMP: the heart has two sides
and pump oxygenated and deoxygenated
blood
 THE PASSAGE OF BLOOD

Blood returns from the body through the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava

Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium

Deoxygenated blood passes through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle

Deoxygenated blood is pumped through pulmonary arteries to the lungs. the semi-lunar valves prevent blood
re-entering the heart

Blood is oxygenated at the lungs

Oxygenated blood return to the heart through the pulmonary veins

 Oxygenated blood enters the left atrium of the heart

Oxygenated blood passes through the bicuspid valve and into the left ventricle

Oxygenated blood is pumped through the aorta to muscles and organs of the body. The semi-lunar valves
prevent blodd re-entering the heart
BLOOD VESSELS
• Arteries: Carry high pressure oxygenated
blood, thick walls, small lumens, muscular
walls allow vaso constriction/dilation
• Veins: Carry low pressured deoxygenated
blood, have valves to prevent backflow, thin
walls/large lumen
• Capillaries: One cell thick to allow for
diffusion, very narrow, slow blood flow
BLOOD
CONTAINS 4 MAIN PARTS

• Red blood cell: contains hemoglobin (allows oxygen to combine to the molecule).
Carries oxygen. Allow an athlete to compete physical activity
• White blood cell: Fight disease and infection. Keep an athlete healthy
• Platelets: Responsible for clotting the blood at a wound to prevent infection
• Plasma: Watery part of the blood that makes it a liquid. Without it the blood would
not be able to travel around the body