The Structure and

function of circulatory
System
Circulatory system

• Is responsible for transporting

materials throughout the entire
body.
• It transports nutrients, water and
oxygen to your billions of body
cells and carries away wastes
such as carbon dioxide that body
cells produce.
• It is an amazing highway that
travels though your entire body
connecting all your body cells.
Components

• Heart
• Blood
• Vessels
• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries
Circulatory system

Which gases are transported to and from

the body’s cells by the blood flowing in
the circulatory system?

Oxygen is the gas needs for respiration

and is transported to the body’s cells.
 Structure and function of
circulatory
System

• The circulatory system was two types of

blood.

Oxygen-rich blood Oxygen-poor blood

• Blood traveling to the • Blood traveling away
body cells from the body cells
• High oxygen content • Low oxygen content
• Low carbon dioxide • High carbon dioxide
content content

• Arrangement of the circulatory system

means that these two types of blood
do not mix.
The heart is the
organ at the
center of the
circulatory
system. It pumps
blood around the
body.
 Left side of
the heart
Oxygen-rich
Structure of the heart blood

The inside of the heart is

divided into two sections so
that the two types of blood
(oxygen-rich and oxygen-
poor are kept apart) Right side of
the heart
Oxygen-poor
blood
Structure of the heart
• The right and left sided of the heart are separated
by a septum, or wall.
• The septum prevents the mixing of oxygen rich
and oxygen poor blood.
• On each side of the septum are two chambers.
• The upper chamber (receives blood) in the atrium.
• Th lower chamber (pumps blood out of the heart.
Is the ventricle.
 The heart is divided in four chambers

• Two Atria • Two Ventricles

• Upper chambers • Lower chambers
• Left and right • Left and right
• Separated by • Separated by
interatrial septum Right Left Atrium interatrial septum
Atrium

Right Left
Ventricle
Ventricle
 The blood will enter the The Atria collect blood that
heart through the veins enters the heart

Aorta
Vena Cava(from (to the body)
the body)

Pulmonary Artery
(to the lungs)

Structure of
Pulmonary Vein (from
Right the lungs)
Atrium
Left Atrium the heart
Left
Ventricle
Right
Ventricle

The blood will exit the The ventricles pump blood

heart through the arteries out of the heart
How does the • The heart can pump blood because it is
made of muscle. Muscle tissue works by
contracting (squeezing) and relaxing.
heart pump
blood?
 • All the parts of the heart on either side, work
together in a repeated sequence.
• The two atria contract and relax; then the two
ventricles contract and relax.
• This is how blood moves through the heart and is
pumped to the lungs and the body.
• One complete sequence of contraction and
How does the relaxation is called heartbeat.

heart pump
blood?
Blood vessels

• As blood moves through the

circulatory system it moves
through 3 types of blood
vessels:
• Arteries: Carry blood away
from the heart
• Capillaries: Link arterioles to
veins
• Veins: Carry blood towards
the heart