circulatory system in cephalochordates is
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Cephalochordates have a closed circulatory system (the blood is enclosed in blood vessels) but lack a central pump (heart). Instead, the blood is propelled by pulsation (rhythmic contraction and relaxation) of several blood vessels. ... The central nervous system of the cephalochordates is very
Circulatory system in Cephalochordates.
The general pattern of blood circulation through vessels and tissues in cephalochordates is strikingly like that of vertebrates, although simpler. The most notable difference is that cephalochordates lack a heart. Blood is forced through the closed system by contractile blood vessels (especially one called the ventral aorta) and by blood vessels of the gills. Blood passes forward from the rear of the body to the ventral aorta, which is located beneath the endostyle, and then branches upward through vessels in the gills. Most of the blood then passes toward the rear of the animal, some of it moving through capillaries in the intestine and taking up food. From the posterior end of the body, blood passes forward and then makes a detour through capillaries in the caecum, much as it does through the liver of lower vertebrates, back to the ventral aorta. There are no corpuscles in the blood.
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