| mportance of circulatory system learning certainly is | | | | thus this is not as critical as oxygen to the life of an |
| important and the reasons vary but are very | | | | organism. |
| similar—chiefly that people would be able to | | | | Blood is a specialized transporter of oxygen and |
| save their own and others’ lives by being able | | | | carbon dioxide and the flow of blood is essential in |
| to recognize the signs of circulatory compromise and | | | | maintaining the proper gradients of these gases in |
| the importance of getting help quickly. Fortunately | | | | order for the proper exchanges to take place. |
| this system of oxygen and nutrient transport is one | | | | Depending on the tissue the amount of time that it |
| of the most logical and easiest to understand | | | | can function without a fresh supply of oxygen |
| systems that there are in the realm of human biology | | | | without irreversible damage is seconds (for nervous |
| physiology/pathology and so it is easy to teach and | | | | tissue) to minutes and even hours for tissues that |
| learn this important knowledge. | | | | are more able to carry out anaerobic respiration. |
| The circulatory system consists of the heart and | | | | The two most important injuries caused by |
| blood and the vessels that transport this blood as | | | | circulatory system compromise and lack of oxygen |
| well as the hormones and nervous system that | | | | are heart attacks or myocardial infarctions and |
| affect the flow of the blood. Another huge part of | | | | strokes or cerebral vascular accidents. Much has been |
| this system is the transport of oxygen into the blood | | | | done to decrease the time from initial symptom to |
| and the transport of carbon dioxide out of the blood, | | | | life preserving attention at a fully equipped hospital |
| something called respiration and involving the lungs. | | | | and this has resulted in dramatic improvements in |
| Oxygen and glucose are key ingredients in the giving | | | | mortality and morbidity from these injuries. |
| power of the cell that allows it to carry out all of the | | | | To learn more about the circulatory system and how |
| metabolic processes that it carries out to maintain life. | | | | you can recognize early signs of compromise and |
| So in an indirect way the digestive system is a part | | | | save your or your loved one’s life check out |
| of the circulatory system by providing the glucose | | | | all of the great information on the web from |
| ingredient. However the body, especially in | | | | associations like the AMA, and the ACA, and the |
| populations like ours that have an overabundance of | | | | ANA. |
| “fuel” in our diet, store energy and | | | | |