crocodiles, birds and mammals

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Cards (20)

  • heart structure
    4 chambers, 2 atrium , 2 ventricles
  • seperation
    Complete seperation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
    blood from right ventricle to lungs
    blood from left ventricle to body
  • delivery rate
    highest, muscular ventricles generate very high pressure
  • Efficiency
    • Highest
    • highest activity levels
    • higher metabolic activity
    • vascoconstriction redirects blood to active areas of the body
    • O2 delivered rapidly for delivery of nutrients