Exercise no.
10 Circulatory System (Blood Vessels and Heart)
General Objective: To be able to discuss the different parts of circulatory system.
Specific Objectives: 1. To be able to discuss the different types of blood vessel.
2. To be able to identify the different types of blood vessel.
3. To be able to illustrate the parts of the heart.
I. Draw, label and discuss the following according to:
Artery Vein
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Function Function
According to the National Cancer Institute, According to the National Cancer Institute,
arteries have various functions in the body. The the essential function of the veins is to carry blood
essential function of the arteries is to carry blood to the heart. After passing through the capillaries,
away from the heart. However, there are several blood enters the venules, the smallest veins. It
types of arteries, hence, different functions. One runs from the venules into progressively larger
type of artery is the pulmonary arteries which veins until it reaches the heart. The pulmonary
carry oxygen-depleted blood from the right veins convey blood from the lungs to the heart's
ventricle to the lungs. On the other hand, systemic left atrium in the pulmonary circuit. Because it was
arteries carry oxygenated blood from the left just oxygenated in the lungs, this blood has a high
ventricle to different body tissues. Aside from this, oxygen concentration. Systemic veins carry blood
blood from the ventricles is pumped to huge from the body's tissues to the heart's right atrium.
elastic arteries, which further branch into smaller The oxygen in this blood has been consumed for
arteries known as arterioles. These arterioles are
now responsible for controlling the blood flow metabolic activities in the tissue cells. Hence it has
into tissue capillaries. a lower oxygen content.
II. Discuss and draw a lymphatic vessel.
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According to National Cancer Institute, lymphatic vessels solely transport fluid out from the
tissues, unlike blood vessels. The lymph capillaries are the smallest lymphatic capillaries, beginning as
blind-ended sacs in the tissue spaces. Lymph capillaries can be found throughout the body, except for
the bone marrow, the central nervous system, and tissues that lack blood vessels, such as the
epidermis. Endothelium forms the wall of the lymph capillary, with simple squamous cells overlapping
to form a one-way valve. This arrangement permits fluid to enter the capillary while preventing lymph
from exiting the artery.
III. Draw and identify the layers of the wall of the heart.
Three layers of tissue form the heart wall. The outer layer of the heart wall is the epicardium,
the middle layer is the myocardium, and the inner layer is the endocardium.
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