understanding the heart
DESCRIPTION
Understand the heart and its functions in fish, amphibians and humansTRANSCRIPT
BY: PROF. WALLICE
UNDERSTANDING THE HEART
THE HEART
Pump to send oxygen-rich blood through all parts of your body.
Contains nutrients and oxygen needed in the body
COMMON FACTS
beats of 100,000 times per day
pumps more than 4,300 gallons of blood
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FISH
Two chambered heart
Blood flows to gills and then rest of the body
AMPHIBIANS
Two chambered heart
Double circulation system
HUMANSEach time the
heart contracts it does so with all its force.
In skeletal muscles, the principle of "gradation" is present.
SUMMARY
Function of the Heart in:Amphibian,Human andFish