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Description The Circulatory System of Lantern Units :

Lantern Aliens have an interesting circulatory system most have at least six hearts, this mostly do to how most units have hydraulic systems  in four of their six limbs. These Hydraulics are use to support Lamp when moving and where strength is needed. More on this in a different set of drawings. This system means that four of the lamps six hearts act only like like pumps to run this Hydraulic system , with the other two run the rest of the circulatory systems work.

Well this work is somewhat different between tailed and tailless Lamps, the key tasks shared between both are as such:

  • Temperature regulation 
  • Nutrient transport/ Waste Transport
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Transport of immune cells
  • Backup System for electrical systems (though only the brain can be supported but this backup system)

For Tail less units this is all there system can do, and must connect to their Ship every 24 hours or so to have their Blood cleaned or wasted and restocked with the Sugars needed for their limited anaerobic biologic system needs. As they have no systems for this themselves, running most of their Systems through electrical power. 

For Tailed Units though the circulatory system also carries oxygen and much more complex organic compounds produced and used in their Aerobic Systems. Having the ability to use chemical power as well as electrical power means the Lamp can be much more physical strong and active. As a Lamps Brain’s electrical needs greatly limit how much can be used for the rest of the body. Tailed units are much less functional in vacuum though as their bodies, tend to need the chemical systems more. (though unlike a human their not going to died from it.) Unlike in Tail less units, The hydraulic System  and bodies blood Supply can be separated; stopping some of the problems that pop up in that system. Mostly bleeding, pressure and overheating problems  that come from running the hydraulic systems. Tailed units also have such luxuries as kidneys and digestive tracks and can filter their blood without the help of their ship giving them a much greater uptime. 

Their blood uses copper as it’s oxygen carrier, turning their blood blue when oxygenated, but is silver without oxygen. Tail-less unit’s blood always looks silver as it don’t make this part of the blood. The Blood is more viscose than human blood, though bleeds from an active hydraulic line would flow the same.  (but at the boiling point in temperature, do to the pressure.) 

(this write up should have all the information written in the picture as I know my writing is both tiny and probably hard to read. There will probably be more lamp stuff organ wise as I’ve research about and I’m going to draw about it) 

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