The respiratory and circulatory systems work together to maintain homeostasis.

Single-celled
organisms don’t need blood or a circulatory system to maintain homeostasis because they get
nutrients from and excrete wastes directly into their environment. Humans, on the other hand,
have trillions of cells and are much larger and more complex than paramecium or bacteria. This
requires a more sophisticated system to help maintain homeostasis. The four major parts of the
circulatory system are the heart, blood vessels, blood, and lymphatic system. The circulatory
system is important in transporting the glucose and pancreatic hormones in blood to all body

The left ventricle of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta. From there, blood passes
through major arteries, which branch into muscular arteries and then microscopic arterioles. The
arterioles branch into the capillary networks that supply tissues with oxygen and nutrients. The
walls of arteries are thicker than the walls of veins, with more smooth muscle and elastic tissue.
This structure allows arteries to dilate as blood pumps through them.

After the capillaries release oxygen and other substances from blood into body tissues, they
feed the blood back toward the veins. First the blood enters microscopic vein branches called
venules. The venules conduct the blood into the veins, which transport it back to the heart
through the venae cavae. Vein walls are thinner and less elastic than artery walls. The pressure
pushing blood through them is not as great. In fact, there are valves within the lumen of veins to
prevent the backflow of blood.

Lymph is essentially recycled excess blood plasma after it has been filtered from the interstitial
fluid (between cells) and returned to the lymphatic system. The cardiovascular (from Latin words
meaning "heart" and "vessel") system comprises the blood, heart, and blood vessels. The
lymph, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels form the lymphatic system, which returns filtered blood
plasma from the interstitial fluid (between cells) as lymph.

Your AORTA pumps OXYGENATED blood out of your heart to your body. The aorta stretches
across the back of your heart and pumps blood both above and below your heart to your upper
and lower body as oxygenated blood goes to your cells, it drops off oxygen and picks up waste
cells in your body need oxygen so that they can perform cellular respiration to get energy blood
also picks up carbon dioxide from the cells as the waste product of cellular respiration.

Your heart beats to the signals of the SA NODE and AV NODE as the right atrium pumps it to
the RIGHT VENTRICLE. From the superior and inferior vena cava, blood goes through the
Right Atrium first, the SA Node (sinoatrial node) (pacemaker) sends electrical signals to pump
blood from right atrium to right ventricle then, as blood enters the right ventricle, the AV Node
(atrioventricular node) receives a signal to act as the gateway to the right ventricle and control
the speed of blood flow there the SA and AV node combine to make the ‘ba-bum’ sound of your
heartbeat blood goes through the tricuspid valve/right AV valve (makes sure blood flows in only
one direction) as it enters the right ventricle.

Your RIGHT VENTRICLE pumps deoxygenated blood up to your PULMONARY ARTERY,

where it heads to lungs to pick up oxygen. First, the right ventricle pumps blood through your
Pulmonary Valve (makes sure blood flows in only one direction) then, the Pulmonary Artery
carries the blood away from the heart to the lungs for oxygen.
DEOXYGENATED blood BECOMES OXYGENATED and drops off waste. Deoxygenated blood
becomes oxygenated and arteries become veins in the capillaries in the lungs, capillaries are
tied around alveoli, which are little sacks storing the oxygen that we inhale oxygen is transferred
into the blood and waste is transferred out of the blood through the capillaries.

The respiratory system consists of all the organs involved in breathing. These include the nose,
pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and lungs. The respiratory system does two very important
things: it brings oxygen into our bodies, which we need for our cells to live and function properly;
and it helps us get rid of carbon dioxide, which is a waste product of cellular function. The nose,
pharynx, larynx, trachea and bronchi all work like a system of pipes through which the air is
funnelled down into our lungs. There, in very small air sacs called alveoli, oxygen is brought into
the bloodstream and carbon dioxide is pushed from the blood out into the air. When something
goes wrong with part of the respiratory system, such as an infection like pneumonia, it makes it
harder for us to get the oxygen we need and to get rid of the waste product carbon dioxide.
Common respiratory symptoms include breathlessness, cough, and chest pain.

The human respiratory system is a series of organs responsible for taking in oxygen and
expelling carbon dioxide. The primary organs of the respiratory system are the lungs, which
carry out this exchange of gases as we breathe. The lungs work with the circulatory system to
pump oxygen-rich blood to all cells in the body. The blood then collects carbon dioxide and
other waste products and transports them back to the lungs, where they're pumped out of the
body when we exhale.