Circulatory Story Vocab

Related to the circulation of blood

• circulatory

• digestive

• nervous

• respiratory

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CCSS.RI.4.3

A part of a larger part or system

• module
• element
• subcomponent
• component

A protein found in red blood cells that transports, or carries, oxygen

• myoglobin
• insulin
• hemoglobin
• collagen

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

To carry something from one place to another

• shift
• move
• transport
• transfer

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

The smallest, functioning unit of a living organism

• organ
• cell
• tissue
• organism

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

The liquid part of the blood; 90 percent of it is water

• cytoplasm
• lymph
• plasma
• serum

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

A protective sac that encloses the heart

• pericardium
• pleura
• endocardium
• myocardium

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

The membrane that separates the left and right sides of the heart

• aorta
• ventricle
• pulmonary artery
• septum

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

One of the top two chambers, or rooms, of the heart that blood from veins

• atrium
• ventricle
• coronary artery
• aorta

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

One of the two bottom chambers of the heart that receives blood from the atrium and sends it out of the heart through an artery

• ventricle
• aorta
• septum

• atrium

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4