This workshop will guide you through several links. Read the pages carefully as they will help you to explain
Why animals need a circulatory system
+ read the section on transport systems 6.139 thru 6.141
In the previous session we discussed the medium of transport and the sites of exhange that allow materials deliverd. Name these two components. can you think up the other two members of this transport system? Decribe their function.
The structure and function of the components of the blood.
+ read this
+ then click here
+ read 6.166 about how white blood cells vary in size and function
Challenge level: can you find some examples of this white blood cells in action?
To describe how the blood is directed around the body in a set of vessels
+ read more
To decribe the differences in structure and function of arteries and veins.
+ click here
+ read more on 6.152 - 6.155
Why we humans have a double circulatory system
+ click here to read 6.142
+ read more
To know the names of the main arteries and veins of the human body.
+ click here and read the introduction 6.152
find the location of the following carotid artery - pulmonairy vein - aorta - hepatic artery - hepatic portal vein -renal artery -femoral artery -femoral vein -renal vein - hepatic vein -vena cava . What is their relationship? can you put them in a diagram? Visit this link to help you out.
+ read more on the consequences of a high fat diet
To have answered the questions on page 111 (Q 1-5) of your hand-out.
You will have to work individually and hand-in your results at the end of this workshop with the front-desk of the mediatheek.
