Blood in The Body Animated Rap Song - Composition & functions of the bloodstream

BLOOD IN THE BODY CIRCULATES TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND TO TRANSPORT WASTES THEY CAN’T MOVE AROUND BY THEMSELVES AND SO THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES ‘EM WHERE THEY GOTTA GO BLOOD IS A TISSUE ALL ITS OWN THE RIVER OF LIFE IS HOW IT’S KNOWN IT FLOWS THROUGH THE BODY IN VESSELS NAMED ARTERIES, CAPILLARIES, AND VEINS WHEN THE HEART CONTRACTS IN SYSTOLE BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH ELASTIC ARTERIES THEY TRANSPORT BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART TOWARDS EACH AND EVERY BODY PART THE BLOOD MOVES THROUGH SMALLER ARTERIES THEN ARTERIOLES, THEN CAPILLARIES THEY LIE CLOSE TO CELL MEMBRANES WHERE SUBSTANCES ARE INTERCHANGED THE CAPILLARY BLOOD’S THEN DRAINED INTO VENULES THEN LARGER VEINS IT FLOWS TO THE HEART AND AS IT FLOWS IT CAN’T FLOW BACKWARDS ‘CAUSE THE VEIN VALVES CLOSE FOLLOW ALONG AS I DESCRIBE HOW THE BLOODSTREAM IS UTILIZED TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND HELP REGULATE HOMEOSTASIS OR A STEADY STATE BLOOD IN THE BODY CIRCULATES TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND TO TRANSPORT WASTES THEY CAN’T MOVE AROUND BY THEMSELVES AND SO THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES ‘EM WHERE THEY GOTTA GO THE HEART PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY FIVE LITERS PER MINUTE APPROXIMATELY IT’S MADE OF PLASMA AND AS WELL CLOTTING FACTORS, PLATELETS, AND BLOOD CELLS PLASMA’S THE FLUID IN THE BLOODSTREAM THAT’S MOSTLY WATER AND PROTEINS IT TRANSPORTS BLOOD CELLS AND IT’S REPLETE WITH PLATELETS, NUTRIENTS, AND HEAT THE PLASMA IN OUR BLOOD IS DERIVED FROM FOODS AND WATER OUR DIETS PROVIDE THE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS ORIGINATE IN RED BONE MARROW AS THE NEED DICTATES THE RED BONE MARROW MAKES UNSPECIALIZED MULTI-POTENT STEM CELLS WHICH GIVE RISE TO RED CELLS AND WHITE CELLS WHICH LEAVE THE BONE AND MEGAKARYOCYTES WHICH NEVER ROAM PLATELETS ARE MADE IN THE MARROW AS WELL BUT THEY’RE NOT CLASSIFIED AS TRUE CELLS THEY’RE FRAGMENTS OF MEGAKARYOCYTES WHICH HELP THE BLOOD CLOT AT BLEEDING SITES BLOOD IN THE BODY CIRCULATES TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND TO TRANSPORT WASTES THEY CAN’T MOVE AROUND BY THEMSELVES AND SO THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES ‘EM WHERE THEY GOTTA GO THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS OR THE W-B-Cs ARE CALLED LEUKOCYTES COLLECTIVELY THEY DEFEND THE BODY AND HELP IT FIGHT PATHOGENIC MICROBES AND PARASITES THE RED BLOOD CELL OR THE R-B-Cs ARE CALLED ERYTHROCYTES TECHNICALLY THEY’RE SMALL, DISK-LIKE BICONCAVE CELLS WHICH LACK A NUCLEUS AND OTHER ORGANELLES THEY’RE MOSTLY MADE OF HEMOGLOBIN WHICH TRANSPORTS O2 OR OXYGEN THE OXYGEN IS OBTAINED IN FACT FROM THE LUNG’S ALVEOLI OR AIR SACS WHEN O2 AND HEMOGLOBIN BIND THE BLOOD TURNS BRIGHT RED AND KEEP IN MIND IT FLOWS TO THE LEFT HEART THEN OUT AS WELL TO DELIVER OXYGEN TO THE CELLS THE BLOOD ALSO ELIMINATES CO2 THAT TISSUES GENERATE IT FLOWS FROM THE TISSUES TO THE RIGHT HEART THEN TO THE LUNGS WHERE CO2 DEPARTS BLOOD IN THE BODY CIRCULATES TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND TO TRANSPORT WASTES THEY CAN’T MOVE AROUND BY THEMSELVES AND SO THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES ‘EM WHERE THEY GOTTA GO THE ORGANS IN THEY BODY RELY ON AN OPTIMAL BLOOD SUPPLY SO THE BLOODSREAM INTERACTS CONSTANTLY WITH EVERY SYSTEM IN THE BODY IT TRANSPORTS THE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION FROM THE VILLI OF THE SMALL INTESTINE TO THE LIVER WHERE THEY’RE METABOLIZED THEN TO TISSUES WHERE THEY’RE UTILIZED THE BLOOD INDEED WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE BODY’S DUCTLESS ENDOCRINE GLANDS IT TRANSPORTS HORMONES THE GLANDS SECRETE TO THE TARGET TISSUES THAT THEY SEEK THE BLOODSTREAM ALSO CIRCULATES UREA AND OTHER NITROGENOUS WASTES THEY’RE RECEIVED AND FILTERED BY THE KIDNEYS THEN ELIMINATED FROM THE BODY BLOOD IN THE BODY CIRCULATES TO TRANSPORT PRODUCTS AND TO TRANSPORT WASTES THEY CAN’T MOVE AROUND BY THEMSELVES AND SO THE BLOODSTREAM TAKES ‘EM WHERE THEY GOTTA GO