Circulatory System Animal Comparison for Evolution Chapters 25 28, 34

In any given animal, there must be a method for which nutrients such as energy and oxygen enter individual cells. The process of osmosis and diffusion will work over a period of short distances, but what about delivering nutrients throughout the entire body of an organism? This is where the circulatory system comes into play. The circulatory system, in all animals, acts as a pathway, in which nutrients that couldn't otherwise be delivered to cells through diffusion and osmosis, are transported to the cells in an organism. In a way, the circulatory system is like a highway, and the nutrients are the cars traveling on the highway. There are many different circulatory system adaptations that different organisms possess. One of these adaptations is a heart, which acts as a muscular pump in a closed circulatory system to keep the nutrients flowing throughout the body. In an open circulatory system, hemolymph, which is similar to blood, is pumped through a gastrovascular cavity called a hemocoel, which acts as the highway for the nutrients to be delivered. egardless of the organism, all circulatory systems have circulatory fluid, a set of tubes for the fluid to move, and a muscular pump.

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