8.A Circulatory System

More info: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/cardiology/index.html

8.A.1 Functions (circulation of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, ions, and fluids; removal of metabolic waste)

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood and blood vessels, i.e.:

8.A.2 Role in thermoregulation

8.A.3 Four-chambered heart (structure, function)

More info: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hhw/hhw_electrical.html

8.A.4 Systolic and diastolic pressure

More info: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html

8.A.5 Pulmonary and systemic circulation

8.A.6 Arterial and venous systems (arteries, arterioles, venules, veins)

8.A.6.a structural and functional differences

8.A.6.b. pressure and flow characteristics

8.A.7 Capillary beds

8.A.7.a mechanisms of gas and solute exchange

8.A.7.b mechanism of heat exchange

8.A.8 Composition of blood

8.A.8.a plasma, chemicals, blood cells

8.A.8.b erythrocyte production and destruction (spleen, bone marrow)

8.A.8.c regulation of plasma volume

8.A.8.d coagulation, clotting mechanisms, role of liver in production of clotting factors

8.A.9 Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport by blood

8.A.9.a hemoglobin, hematocrit

More info: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/boyer/0471661791/structure/HbMb/hbmb.htm

8.A.9.b oxygen content

8.A.9.c oxygen affinity

8.A.10 Details of oxygen transport: biochemical characteristics of hemoglobin

8.A.10.a modification of oxygen affinity