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Circulatory System. Functions. Transport nutrients , gases and hormones. Transport through red cells . Supported by other systems such as the respiratory and digestive system . Heart delivers the blood to all the body by pumping. Vessels.
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Functions • Transportnutrients, gases and hormones. • Transportthrough red cells. • Supportedbyothersystemssuch as therespiratory and digestivesystem. • Heartdeliversthebloodtoallthebodybypumping.
Vessels • Thebloodistransportedthrough a vesselnetwork. • Threedifferenttypes of vessels:
Arteries • Recivethestrongestpumpingenergyfromtheheart. • They are thick and itswallsexpands. • Regulatethebloodflowfortherest of thevessels.
Veins • Not as thickbutstillresistant. • Thelargestlenth of thevessels. • Conectsalmostthewholebody and theyhavethethickerdiametertolettheflowrun.
Capillars • Thethinner and smallest of thethree. • Itsworkistotransportthebloodalmostdirectlytothecells.
Hemoglobin • Themost importan proteininvolved in theprocess. • In charge of carringtheoxygen in the red cells.
Makes up to 35% of the total of a red cell. • Givesthe red colourtothecell. • Can also be found in somebraincells, alveolar cells, mesangialcells, etc. • A Slightvariation of theproteinprevents as frompoisoning. (Leghtmoglobin)
Discovering • ItwasdiscoveredbyFelix Hoppe-Seyler in 1840. • The words come from Hemo and Globin that makes reference that the protein is from the globin type of protein attached to a Hemo group.
Compossure • Quaternarystructure: • Twoalphahelix and two beta sheetstructureswith a hemogroupforeachstructure. • 4 pyrrolgroups and oneironmoleculeforeachstructure.