Wit & Wisdom Circulatory Story Vocabulary Blitz!

What is an artery?

• A blood vessel that carries nutrients from the intestines to the liver.
• A blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
• A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the body back to the heart.
• A blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.

The basic membrane-bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed is called a _________________?

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

How do arteries differ from veins?

• Arteries carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart, while veins carry oxygenated blood back to the heart.

• Arteries carry blood back to the heart, while veins carry blood away from the heart.

• Arteries carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

• Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Keep blood flowing in the right direction in our circulatory system.

• valves

• muscles

• erythrocyte

• red blood cells

The top chambers of the heart

• ventricles

• capillaries

• atria

• vessels

Red blood cells remove __________from our bodies.

• water

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• plasma

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Red blood cells carry ________ and ________ to parts of our bodies.

• water and plasma

• oxygen and nutrients

• hemoglobin and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and energy

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

The bottom chambers of the heart are called _________?

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The movement of blood through the vessels of the body caused by the pumping action of the heart is called ______?

• bleeding

• oxygenation

• circulation

• carbon dioxygenation

Arteries and veins are connected by ________?

• chambers

• blood vessels

• ventricles

• capillaries