Circulatory System is one of the important systems of our body. We all have studied about it in our schools but you will always find one or two questions from this topic in SSC and other competitive exams.This article provides you a quick revision of circulatory system.
What is Circulatory systems:
Circulatory systems are of two types Open Circulatory system and Close Circulatory System. Human being posses Close circulatory system where blood flows through a closed nexus of blood vessels in contrary to open circulatory system where blood flows in open spaces.
It contain four parts –
- Heart
- Arteries
- Veins
- Blood.
The discovery of blood circulation system was done by William Harvey.
Points to remember :
- Biological term of heart is ‘Cardio’.
- It remains safe in the pericardial membrane.
- Its weight is approximately 300 grams for male and 250 gms for female.
- Human heart is a four chamber heart.
- In one cycle heart pumps 70ml blood.
- Major function of heart is Pumping of blood/circulation of blood.
- Heartbeat of a normal human being is 72 beats/minute.
- Heartbeat of shrew is maximum in shrew ie 800 beats per minute.
- It contains right atrium and a left atrium in the anterior part.
- there is a tricuspid valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
- there is a bicuspid valve between the left atrium and left ventricle.
- It contains right ventricle and a left ventricle persist in the posterior side.
- It is a pumping organ works in rhythmic cyclic manner with systole(shrinkage for .3sec) and diastole (expansion for .5 sec).
- A heart beat lasts for 0.8 second and consists of both of these.
- Vein is the vessels which carries the blood from the body towards the heart.
- Vein contains impure blood i.e. carbon dioxide mixed blood.
- Pulmonary vein is the exception which always carries pure blood.
- Pulmonary vein carries the blood from lungs to left atrium.
- Artery is the vessel which carries the blood from the heart towards the body.
- Artery contains pure blood i.e. oxygen mixed blood.
- But Pulmonary arteries are exception which always carries the impure blood or deoxygenated blood.
- Pulmonary artery carries the blood from right ventricle to lungs.
- In the right part of the heart, there remains impure blood i.e. carbon dioxide mixed blood and in the left part of the heart there remains pure blood i.e. oxygen mixed blood.
- The artery carrying blood to the muscles of the heart is called coronary arteries. Any type of hindrance in it causes heart attack.
- Covering of hear is called as Pericardium.
Course of circulation:
Along with closed circulatory system, Mammals have double circulation.which means blood has to cross two times from heart before circulating throughout the body.
Right atrium receives impure blood from the body which goes into right ventricle. From here the blood went into pulmonary artery which sends it to the lung for purification. After purification it is collected by pulmonary vein which brings it back to heart in left atrium. From atrium it vent into left ventricle. Now this purified blood is went into aorta for different organ of body. This circulation is done is a cardiac cycle.
Cardiac cycle:
The cardiac cycle is controlled by two pacemakers in the heart:
The sino-atrial node (SA node) located in the top wall of the right atrium, also known as heart of heart.
The atrio-ventricular node (AV node) located in between the right atrium and ventricle.
Both pacemakers are types of nervous tissue.
Blood Pressure:
The force per unit area which is exerted on the walls of the blood carrying tube by blood called blood pressure.
Normal rating of blood pressure in a healthy person is 80/120 mm hg.
Blood pressure is high in tubes which carry blood to the body parts (systolic pressure) and low in tubes which carry blood to the heart (diastolic pressure).
Wireless Artificial Pace maker:
When SA node becomes defective or damaged the cardiac impulses do not generate.
For this we use wireless pacemaker that regulates the heart by wireless pulses of ultrasound from outside the organ.
It is beneficial over conventional pacemaker as the leads can fail and requiring the additional surgery to replace them.
Cardiovascular Diseases:
- Arteriosclerosis: It is thickening, hardening or loss of elasticity of the arteries due to the formation of plaques and calcification in their walls. It is caused by the buildup of fatty plaques, cholesterol, and some other substances in and on the artery walls.
- Atherosclerosis: Deposition of cholesterol in the walls of arteries due which they become narrow and hinder the blood flow across them.
- Heart Attack: A heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a coronary artery can narrow from the buildup of various substances, including cholesterol (atherosclerosis).
As exam is coming near, students get panic and waste their time in studying new things. We suggest you not to pick any new topic just before exams. Only revise those topics which you have already studied well.
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