{"id":1349,"date":"2023-10-01T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2023-10-16T19:21:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:51:17","slug":"circulatory-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/01\/circulatory-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Circulatory System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>circulatory system<\/strong>&nbsp;is a network consisting of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. This network supplies tissues in the body with oxygen and other nutrients, transports hormones, and removes unnecessary waste products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The heart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>heart<\/strong>&nbsp;is made of specialized cardiac muscle tissue that allows it to act as a pump within the circulatory system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human heart is divided into four chambers. There are one atrium and one ventricle on each side of the heart. The atria receive blood and the ventricles pump blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blood and blood vessels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blood from the heart is pumped throughout the body using blood vessels. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and into capillaries, providing oxygen (and other nutrients) to tissue and cells. Once oxygen is removed, the blood travels back to the lungs, where it is deoxygenated and returned by veins to the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main artery of the systemic circuit is the aorta which branches out into other arteries, carrying blood to different parts of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common mistakes and misconceptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arteries&nbsp;<em>usually<\/em>&nbsp;carry oxygenated blood and veins&nbsp;<em>usually<\/em>&nbsp;carry deoxygenated blood.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is true most of the time. However, the pulmonary arteries and veins are an exception to this rule. Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood towards the heart and the pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blood is always red.<\/strong>\u00a0Veins can appear blue as we see them through our skin, leading some people to believe that deoxygenated blood is blue. However, this is\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0the case! Blood only appears blue because of the way tissues absorb light and our eyes see color. Although oxygen does have an effect on the brightness of the blood (more oxygen makes a brighter red, less makes it darker), blood is never actually blue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pulmonary-Vein-Diagram-yoga-school-of-bharat.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pulmonary-Vein-Diagram-yoga-school-of-bharat.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pulmonary-Vein-Diagram-yoga-school-of-bharat-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pulmonary-Vein-Diagram-yoga-school-of-bharat-900x1024.jpg 900w, https:\/\/yogaschoolofbharat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pulmonary-Vein-Diagram-yoga-school-of-bharat-768x873.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;circulatory system&nbsp;is a network consisting of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. This network supplies tissues in the body with oxygen and other nutrients, transports hormones, and removes unnecessary waste products. The heart The&nbsp;heart&nbsp;is made of specialized cardiac muscle tissue that allows it to act as a pump within the circulatory system. 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