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Topic 6 Cont’d – 6.2 The Transport System
Draw and label a diagram of the heart showing the four chambers,
associated blood vessels, valves, the route of blood through the heart, and
the relative thickness of the heart walls of each chamber
Label this!
State that coronary arteries supply the heart
with oxygen and nutrients
Outline the control of the heartbeat in terms of myogenic muscle
contraction, the role of the pacemaker, nerves, the medulla of
the brain and epinephrine (adrenaline)
Explain the relationship between the structure and
function of arteries, capillaries, and veins
Figure 42.9 Blood flow in veins
State that blood is composed of plasma, erythrocytes, leucocytes
(phagocytes and lymphocytes) and platelets and that blodd
transports – nutrients, O2, CO2, hormones, urea, antibodies, &
heat
Figure 42.14x Blood smear