Essays Tagged: "Circulatory system"

Circulatory System

Factual essay about the circulatory system Very goodThe Circulatory SystemThe circulatory system in anatomy and physiology i ...

(6 pages) 164 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Vertebrate adaptations for terrestrial Life.

h increase surface area over which gas exchange can occur. Inside the gills of aquatic animals, the circulatory system removes oxygen, and delivers waste carbon dioxide. Land vertebrates have develope ... ching passages called bronchioles, which end in alveoli. Alveoli are sack-like structures where the circulatory system meets the respiratory system.Since terrestrial vertebrates do not live in water, ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Compare the Circulatory system and the Lymphatic system.

Compare the Circulatory system and the Lymphatic systemClosely connected with the blood and circulatory system, ... to give what we know as 'swollen Glands'.I conclude to say that the lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system because the lymph comes from the blood and returns to the blood, and because its ... returns to the blood, and because its vessels are very similar to the veins and capillaries of the circulatory system. Throughout the body, wherever there are blood vessels, there are lymph vessels, ...

(2 pages) 77 1 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Inter-Organismal Transport System in Humans

Inter-Organismal Transport System in HumansThe circulatory system, or the internal transport system, is extremely complex. It involves organs that ... perature, and defense mechanisms against foreign substances. The human requires every aspect of the circulatory system very regularly and constantly in order for it to survive.One of the transport sys ... organs and tissues throughout the body. There are two absolutely vital processes that occur in the circulatory system. One, Systemic circulation, every major organ with blood, and the other, Pulmonar ...

(6 pages) 65 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

*Explain and give examples of how physical development changes during conception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

ive systems form at this time also. The middle layer of cells, called the mesoderm, will become the circulatory system, bones, muscle, excretory system, and reproductive system. The outer layer of cel ...

(4 pages) 232 0 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Investigate and find the relationship between heat loss (of water) and surface area to volume ratio of animals.

ass / Size of the animal4.Temperature control levels within the animal5.Surface Area of the animal6.Circulatory System within the animal, eg doubleEXPERIMENT:Apparatus:·3x Clamp Stands·3 ...

(4 pages) 32 0 3.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Biochemistry of Snake Venom.

ning primarily either:*Neurotoxins - these attack the nervous system.*Hemotoxins - these attack the circulatory system.While most snakes' venom contains primarily either one or the other, there are so ... ounds prevent blood clotting.*Thromboses - Coagulate blood and foster clot formation throughout the circulatory system.*Haemolysis - Destroy red blood cells.*Cytolysins - Destroy white blood cells.*Ne ...

(8 pages) 106 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

The Lungs; How they work and diseases related to them.

and you won't have to think about it and suffocate.Two systems that the lungs interact with are the Circulatory System and the Nervous System. The Circulatory System works with the lungs by passing bl ...

(2 pages) 67 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

This is all about the immune system, how it works, and what it does.

k in the skin, your body is not defenseless. Several other body systems maintain health. First, the circulatory system contains white blood cells that engulf and digest foreign organisms and chemicals ...

(2 pages) 85 1 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Muscle System

y function correctly.Your muscles need protein, nutrients, and oxygen to move and work. Then the circulatory system carries those essential particles to your muscles from the digestive and respirat ... e essential particles to your muscles from the digestive and respiratory systems. That is when your circulatory system carries the leftover waste back to the original systems to be discharged from you ...

(2 pages) 108 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEMThe circulatory system consists of the heart, blood, veins, arteries, and capillar ... sists of the heart, blood, veins, arteries, and capillaries. The heart is the main function for the circulatory system. Without the heart the body will not get the oxygen and other resources that bloo ... the veins, capillaries, and arteries suit these blood pressures in many ways. The structure of the circulatory system is designed very well for its purpose of transporting blood around the body in on ...

(2 pages) 61 1 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

This essay describes the anatomy of the frog

The main body systems of the frog are the digestive system, circulatory system, urogenital system, excretory, respiratory, and the frog's skeleton and muscles. ...

(4 pages) 27 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Respiratory System

The respiratory system is made up of the organs that deliver oxygen to the circulatory system for transport to all body cells. Oxygen is essential for cells, which use this vi ... x, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles conduct air to and from the lungs. The lungs interact with the circulatory system to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.The flow of air from outside of the b ... meter. These branches dead-end into tiny air sacs called alveoli. The alveoli deliver oxygen to the circulatory system and remove carbon dioxide.The alveoli number about 150 million per lung and compr ...

(4 pages) 72 0 3.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Circulatory System

Vertebrates have a closed circulatory system. Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of ... oxygen; but more importantly hemoglobin molecules in blood cells transport oxygen. The human closed circulatory system is sometimes called the cardiovascular system. This closed system is what helps h ... etimes called the cardiovascular system. This closed system is what helps humans living on land.The circulatory system assists with homeostasis by transporting oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste ...

(2 pages) 85 0 4.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Nematoda Report.

ing the endoderm tissue of the digestive tract and surrounded by the mesoderm tissue.*Lacking a circulatory system, nutrients are transported throughout the body via fluid in the pseudocoelom in R ...

(1 pages) 1129 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Father of Microbiology and the Microscope

For a long time the circulatory system presented an impenetrable puzzle. People could observe arteries and veins, and se ...

(2 pages) 34 0 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Microbiology

Sickle Cell Anemia

t mutation to the cells, they have a tendency to clump together, blocking and damaging parts of the circulatory system. People with this disease experience many side affects. This disease is a sometim ...

(3 pages) 32 0 3.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Eighth Wonder Of The World

abilities of the human body. The five most important systems of the body are the nervous, muscular, circulatory, endocrine, and skeletal system. These five interact together to keep this well-oiled ma ... to the other four systems (Van DeGraaff and Fox 205). Excess "calcium" in the blood form the circulatory system is stored in the bones (Chabner 492). It offers a place of "insertion and origin" ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

EKG

a true understanding of how it works.The human heart is in actuality a four-chambered pump for the circulatory system. The ventricles perform the main pumping function of the heart. The atria are blo ...

(5 pages) 23 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bio-Red Blood Cell Journey

s it a good vehicle for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide. I have a very important role in the circulatory system of your body. Actually, it is probably the most important of all the blood cells. ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology