Mababangloob, Pamela A.

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Written report in anatomy and physiology (Lec)
Topic: Blood Vessels , Blood circulation , Blood pressure

Blood vessels are found throughout the body , its main function is to transport blood
around the body and it also controls our blood Pressure. There are five main types of blood
vessels namely the Arteries , the arterioles , the capillaries , the venules and the vein. First type of
blood vessels is the Arteries which carry the blood away from the heart to other organs of the
body, second is the arterioles which is the one responsible in delivering and controlling how
much blood enters the capillaries , third is the capillaries which is also called the exchange
vessels because it allows nutrients as well as waste product from the blood to pass into the body
tissues , forth is the venules its function is to collect blood from capillaries and drain into veins ,
fifth type is the veins that carry the blood back to the heart.
After talking about blood vessels lets now go on with the next topic which is the blood
circulation. The human circulatory system is a two part system whose main purpose is to bring
oxygen- bearing blood to all tissues of the body. The start of the circulation is when the heart
contracts it pushes the blood into two major loops and cycle. In the systemic loop, the blood
circulates into the bodys systems, bringing oxygen to all its organs, structures and tissues and
collecting carbon dioxide waste. In the pulmonary loop, the blood circulates to and from the
lungs, to release the carbon dioxide and pick up new oxygen. The systemic cycle is controlled by
the left side of the heart, the pulmonary cycle by the right side of the heart. The systemic loop
begins when the oxygen-rich blood coming from the lungs enters the upper left chamber of the
heart, the left atrium. As the chamber fills, it presses open the mitral valve and the blood flows
down into the left ventricle. When the ventricles contract during a heartbeat, the blood on the left
side is forced into the aorta. This largest artery of the body is an inch wide. The blood leaving the
aorta brings oxygen to all the bodys cells through the network of ever smaller arteries and
capillaries. The used blood from the body returns to the heart through the network of veins. All
of the blood from the body is eventually collected into the two largest veins: the superior vena
cava, which receives blood from the upper body, and the inferior vena cava, which receives
blood from the lower body region. Both venae cavae empty the blood into the right atrium of the
heart.
For our last topic is the Blood Pressure which is the force of the blood pushing against
the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood , the blood pressure doesnt stays the same
Every time it lowers as you sleep and rises as you wake up there are many instances that your
blood pressure rises examples are when youre exited, nervous or active. These three topics are
important and exciting to know in able for us to understand how organs function inside our body.