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Compare And Contrast The Skeletal System And Cardiovascular System

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The cardiovascular and skeletal systems serve several vital bodily functions. Both systems work jointly to protect, and support the body.

The collarbone, ribs, tibia, and humerus are a few bones in your skeletal system. In sum your body has 206 bones. These bones provide structure and shape and protect the body’s internal organs. More importantly it produces blood for use by the cardiovascular system via bone marrow.

The cardiovascular system uses blood to transport oxygen, nutrients, and other materials throughout the body. The heart is made of cardiac muscle and is composed of 4 distinct chambers. The right side of your heart collects blood on its return from the rest of our body. The blood entering the right side of your heart is low in oxygen. Your heart pumps the blood from the right side of your heart to your lungs so it can receive more oxygen. Once it has received oxygen, the blood returns directly to the left side of your heart, which then pumps it out again to all parts of your body through arteries (the aorta). …show more content…

Without blood your body cannot receive the oxygen it needs as blood contains hemoglobin a protein responsible for transporting oxygen.
Your heart pumps blood to capillaries in your lungs so that a gas exchange is made carbon dioxide in exchange for oxygen. It is hemoglobin that makes this exchange possible. Thus I conclude that the skeletal and cardiovascular are

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