The heart

System that transports material around your body

• Respiratory system

• Muscular system

• Circulatory system

• Skeletal system

A yellowish fluid that carries nutrients, water, and wastes.

• Plasma

• Platelets

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

Blood cells that fight infection.

• Plasma

• Platelets

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

Cells that help the blood to clot at the site of a cut to prevent blood loss.

• Plasma

• Platelets

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

Blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide.

• Plasma

• Platelets

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

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Blood vessels that carry blood full of oxygen away from the heart to other parts of the body.

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

Blood vessels that carry blood with carbon dioxide from the body back to the heart.

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

Small blood vessels that connect arteries with veins.

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

Transports blood with carbon dioxide from the body to the heart.

• Superior and inferior vena cava

• Pulmonary vein

• Pulmonary artery

• Aorta

Receives blood with carbon dioxide from the body.

• Right atrium

• Right ventricle

• Left atrium

• Left ventricle