CIRCULATORY

SYSTEM
The roles of the circulatory system:
• 1. delivers blood, nutrients, and hormones to the
cells.
• 2. takes carbon dioxide and other wastes from the
cells
• 3. fights infections and diseases
• 4. regulates body temperature
• 5. helps stabilize pH and ionic concentration of
body fluids
 ORGANS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

lungs lungs
RED BLOOD CELL PLATELET
(RBC or erythrocytes) (thrombocyte)
Has no nucleus and has a biconcave disk shape. The smallest blood vessel, does
It contains hemoglobin. not have a nucleus, and is
It has a life span of 120 days irregular in shape.
It is responsible for blood
clotting.

WHITE BLOOD CELL

(WBC or leukocyte)
It has a nucleus and an irregular shape.
It protects the body against infections.
It has a life span of three days to a few months.
 Lymphocytes
Neutrophil regulates the
kills bacteria body’s immune
system

Eosinophil
attacks Monocytes
parasites such marks out
as worms Basophil foreign bodies
is involved in also known as
allergic reactions anitgens
 BLOOD
PRESSURE
• The pressure that the
blood exerts on the
walls of the blood
vessel.
DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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