Circulatory System

Front

What part of your blood carries oxygen to your cells?

Back

red blood cells

Front

What part of your blood carries nutrients, wastes, hormones, antibodies, and other chemicals?

Back

plasma

Front

What part of your blood fights infections?

Back

white blood cells

Front

What part of your blood helps your blood clot when cut?

Back

platelets

Front

What type of blood vessel takes blood away from the heart?

Back

arteries

Front

What type of blood vessel brings blood back to the heart? Options: arteries, veins, capillaries

Back

veins

Front

What type of blood vessel has thick, elastic and muscular walls? Options: arteries, veins, capillaries

Back

arteries

Front

What type of blood vessel has one-way valves that allow blood to only move in one direction?

Back

veins

Front

What type of blood vessel is so thin that white blood cells can squeeze out through the blood vessel walls?

Back

capillaries

Front

What type of blood vessel is where oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide, and wastes enter and leave the blood?

Back

capillaries