Large multicellular animals

Subdecks (2)

Cards (59)

  • Horse
    -          Closed system to pump blood all over body,
    -          Every cell recieves nutrients and oxygen
  • Bee
    -          Open system, leaves the end of vessels to bathe tissues with nutrients
  • Open circulatory system
    Transport fluid (haemolymph) leaves the vessels and comes in direct contact with cells in tissues to give them nutrients
  • closed circulatory system
    always stays in vessels and never comes in contact with cells for exchange of materials
  • Interstitial fluid
    The fluid that surrounds and bathes the cells.
    • does not contain red blood cells, these remain in the capillaries
    • cells take up nutrients from it and release wastes into it