All I can find is what it is called, not why it is there.
2006-11-26 12:16:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The reason why it is there is that it is more efficient to have a wall. It separates oxygenated from non-oxygenated blood so only oxygenated blood is sent to muscles.
Amphibians and reptiles don't have a wall separating the oxygenated from non-oxygenated blood, they are alive, but their circulatory system is less efficient because some of the blood travelling to the muscles doesn't contain any oxygen.
2006-11-26 13:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Beef 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The right side and left side of the heart are separated in order to separate the oxygenated blood from the de-oxygenated blood. Think about it this way: what is the function of the heart? Being a pump. Pumping what? blood throughout the body. It transports blood to the tissues, one which is oxygen and nutrient rich, and transporting blood away from the tissues and into the lungs; this blood is therefore de-oxygenated and has no glucose or other nutrients, but rather has carbon dioxide and other waste materials. Therefore it is imperative to separate the "clean", oxygenated blood (at the left side of the heart), from the de-oxygenated blood (on the right side of the heart). That is why people that are suffering from a hole in that muscular wall have severe problems in supplying their bodies with oxygen and nutrients, and ridding it of waste. Hope this helped, Good Luck.
2006-11-26 12:47:43 · answer #2 · answered by LaLaLand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it separates oxygenated an non-oxygenated blood, the right side pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated then pumped to the body in the left side, some less complex organisms do not have this divide and oxygenated blood and unoxygenated blood mix together, the four- chambered heart is an evolutionary (yes, evolutionary) advancement that gives us much more efficient circulatory systems.
2006-11-26 12:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Lucas W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One side of the heart is used for the pulmonary circulation (Lungs). The other is used for the general circulation system.
Technically speaking that wall is filled with fibers called the bundle of his (pronounced hiss) which help the conduction of contraction impulses spread through the heart muscle
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2006-11-26 12:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simple, one side of the heart pumps DEOXYGENATED blood to the lungs to receive oxygen (the right ventricle), and the left ventricle pumps OXYGENATED blood into the periphery. You can't just mix the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
2006-11-26 12:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Brian B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
this is how the heart pumps the blood
2006-11-26 12:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by chotpeper 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋