General Biology2 Summers |
Respiration and oxygen availability Heart and Circulation/Transport Nutrition, Digestion, Metabolism Excretion and Elimination |
Chemical Messengers Sexual Reproduction Neuronal Structure & Signals Sensory Reception |
text:Biological Science 5th Edition - Freeman ..: Read Chaps 38 & 45 for this lecture Integration of Neural Function Neuromuscular Action - Behavior syllabus Figures acronyms end |
V. Heart and Circulation/Transport A. Internal transport is necessary in larger organisms 1. Diffusion and active transport a. can deliver O2, H2O, nutrients, and remove wastes b. only a short distance i. a few cell layers ii. ok for single cell organisms and very small multicellular 2. Larger distances and higher metabolic rates a. require specialized adaptations for transport using i. capillary action and ii. hydrodynamic peristaltic propulsion B. Separated Transport O2:CO2:H2O:nutrients:wastes 1. Plants and Insects separate gas exchange a. stomata and tracheae: local diffusion 2. Plants also separate H2O and nutrient delivery a. Transpiration - H2O i. H2O from soil ð leaf ð atmosphere ii. Xylem (1) tracheids conduct water upward (a) vertically cylindrical cells (b) open or perforated on the ends (2) form a continuous H2O stream from roots to leaves (a) upward along H2O potential gradient (b) H2O diffuses to vascular bundle in the center of the root & xylem (c) soil & roots have highest H2O potential (d) leaves have the lowest due to evaporation (e) evaporation at stomata pulls H2O from xylem (i) by cohesion of H2O molecules (ii) pull creates tension (negative pressure) (f) evaporation + cohesion + tension ð ð H2O pressure gradient iii. 2° xylem = wood (1) supports plant (2) stores waste b. Translocation - nutrients i. sugars and organic molecules ii. Phloem conducting cells = sieve-tube members iii. movement by bulk flow (1) sugar/solute moved into sieve-tube (a) active transport (i) uses ATP (energy) (2) H2O follows solutes (a) along [gradient] = low H2O potential (3) excess H2O ð positive pressure (4) pressure gradient moves solution (a) toward areas not rich in sugars and organic molecules (b) and storage areas C. Fused Transport systems 1. Circulatory Systems move gases, nutients and waste a. plus hormones, immune cells and antibodies b. in an aqueous medium (blood) 2. Open Circulatory Systems a. Blood directly bathes internal tissues i. delivering nutrients and absorbing wastes ii. blood flows in spaces (sinuses) (1) hemolymph iii. moves sluggishly from anterior to posterior b. insects, crustaceans i. do not rely on blood for O2 transport or CO2 removal (1) tracheal system c. Heart contraction forces blood into the head region i. reduced circulatory system (1) primarily consisting of a longitudinal tube (a) contractile and functions as a heart (2) dorsal tube runs longitudinally through thorax and abdomen ii. Open ended: Posterior valved openings (ostia) (1) directional flow 3. Closed: unidirectional circuit of vessels a. one-way blood movement facilitates transport i. modulated by one-way valves b. vasculature includes muscular wrapping i. muscular tube can produce peristaltic contractions (1) Ý blood pressure (a) pressure ð movement 4. folded muscular vaculature ð heart a. regular directional contractions b. reliably Ý pressure ð blood movement D. the Heart of Vertebrate Circulation 1. Blood enters R atrium a. low O2 i. high CO2 b. sinoatrial (SA) node = pacemaker i. autogenic = myogenic = spontaneously fire ii. fastest depolarization cycle ð pacing iii. rapidly travels across the atria c. atrioventricular (AV) node: 2nd myogenic group i. delay at AV insures that the atrial contraction is complete 2. Blood through tricuspid valve to R ventricle a. contraction signal accelerates down bundle of His i. ð Purkinje fibers ð myocardial walls ð contraction b. blood out through semi-lunar valves out of the heart c. via pulmonary artery to lungs for oxygenation i. or to gills d. hemoglobin = four protein chains: each with a Fe++ heme group i. binding 4 molecules of O2 ii. binding the first O2 is the most difficult 3. Return by pulmonary veins to L atrium a. now Blood contains O2-hemoglobin-red blood cells, H20, ions, proteins, clotting proteins & platelets, antibodies and white blood cells, hormones, buffering for pH, heat 4. final contraction L ventricle a. Ventricles contract simultaneously (as a unit) b. separation of ventricles mammals > reptiles > amphibians 5. Blood passes out via dorsal aorta a. aortic semilunar valves 6. Arteries: carry blood away from the heart a. muscular i. heart beat + muscular resistance - Blood Pressure ii. L ventriclular contraction ð systolic pressure iii. ventricular relaxation (diastole) elastic arterial recoil ð ð diastolic pressure left over pressure iv. systolic/diastolic pressure b. delivers blood to tissues 7. *Capillaries* - deliver O2, H2O, nutrients, hormones a. thin walled i. only place plasma may diffuse b. connect arteries and veins i. plasma + wastes diffuse back into capillaries (1) a little plasma left over (a) edema 8. veins - back to the heart a. very little muscle i. number + flexibility - BP b. to heart via superior + inferior vena cava 9. Lymphatic vessels - also back to the heart a. left over plasma collected by lymph capillary b. ends one cell thickopen to lymph pressure c. internal one-way valves d. lymph nodes contain phagocytic cells