Circulatory System

What is the Cirulatory System

• It works to excrete waste products.

• Transports oxygen and nutrients. It also works to remove carbon dioxide and other waste products.

• The network of organs and tissues that help you breathe.

• Breaks nutrients into parts small enough for your body to absorb and use for energy, growth, and cell repair.

Which of the following does NOT belong in the cirulatory group?

• capillaries

• veins

• lungs

• arteries

What carries blood from the body cells back to the heart

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

• heart

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart called ___

• Blood

• heart

• arteries

• capillaries

The blood component, platelets, job is what?

• carry oxygen

• carry nutrients

• fight infection

• Blood clotting

When the heart contracts _____

• blood leaves the heart

• blood stays in the heart

• blood goes into the heart

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Our circulatory system helps us...

• Transport nutrients, oxygen and waste around the body.

• Clean our blood

• transport blood

Select the three parts of our circulatory system.

• Esophagus, trachea and heart.

• Arteries, veins and heart.

• Nerves, spinal chord and heart.

What is the purpose of white blood cells?

• carry oxygen

• Defend the organism against illnesses

• help the kidneys

• identifies blood type

Which type of blood vessel carries blood TO the heart?

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries