Lecture Notes: Transportation in Animals and Plants
Introduction
- Transportation: Essential for moving nutrients and energy throughout an organism's body.
- Energy Source: Comes from food, which is digested and transported via blood to all parts of the body.
- Objective: Understand how transportation occurs in humans, animals, and plants.
Topics to Cover
- Circulatory System
- Blood, blood vessels, heart.
- Components of blood: RBC, WBC, platelets, hemoglobin.
- Excretory System
- Plant Transport System
- Xylem and Phloem.
- Transpiration process.
Circulatory System in Animals and Humans
Blood Components
- RBC: Contains hemoglobin, transports oxygen.
- WBC: Fights infections.
- Platelets: Helps in clotting.
- Plasma: Carries nutrients and waste.
Blood Vessels
- Arteries: Carry oxygen-rich blood from heart to body.
- Veins: Return deoxygenated blood back to heart.
Heart Function
- Pumps oxygenated blood through the body.
- Receives deoxygenated blood and sends it to lungs for oxygenation.
Excretory System
Role of Kidneys
- Filter blood, remove waste as urine.
- Ureters, Bladder, Urethra: Pathway for urine.
Excretion Importance
- Removes waste to prevent toxicity.
- Sweat: Contains water and salts, acts in body cooling.
Transportation in Plants
Xylem and Phloem
- Xylem: Transports water and minerals from roots to leaves.
- Phloem: Distributes food from leaves to other plant parts.
Transpiration
- Evaporation of water through stomata.
- Generates suction pull, cooling effect similar to sweating in humans.
Importance of Transportation
- Vital for delivering nutrients and oxygen.
- Removes waste products.
- Ensures proper functioning of all organism's parts.
Summary
- Transportation is crucial for survival of plants and animals.
- Systems involve specialized structures like blood vessels, heart, xylem, phloem.
- Transpiration and excretion are vital processes for maintaining homeostasis.
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