HOW BLOOD MOVES AROUND THE BODYBy: Jenil Urianza-Moises
OBJECTIVEIllustrate /demonstrate throughout the body the
movement of the blood throughout the body
How does the heart pumps blood?
Blood is forced into the large arteries attached to the heart.
The blood flows on through the smaller arteries, to the
capillaries, to the cells and through the capillaries and on the
veins, before returning to the heart.
There are FIVE main pathways to which blood flows each time the
heart pumps.
1. PULMONARY CIRCULATION is the flow of blood from the heart to
the lungs and back to the heart.
2. SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION is the movement of the blood as it flows
from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the right
atrium of the heart.
3. CORONARY CIRCULATION is the movement of blood through the
tissue of the heart
4. PORTAL CIRCULATION is a special blood circuit from the
arteries through the main organs of digestion, then to the liver
before returning to the heart.
5. RENAL CIRCULATION is the blood circuit through the
capillaries to the kidneys where water, nitrogenous wastes and
other unwanted materials are removed.
EVALUATIONIllustrate the different kinds of circulation:
pulmonary, systemic, coronary, portal, renal. Use arrows to show
how the blood flows inside the heart.
ASSIGNMENTIllustrate how the blood circulates through a comic
strip where Mr. Blood is the hero or major character.References:
RBEC-PELC 2002 Science and Health VI, Unit 2, 1.1, 1.2 p. 3Science
& Health VI, pp. 17-25 by Gloria SalandananScience for Better
Health and Environment, pp. 17-22 by Efrain E. Abracia
