Cardiovascular System 6th grade

____________ carry blood AWAY from the heart.

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

• plasma

This liquid part of the blood carries digested food.

• platelets

• white blood cells

• plasma

• red blood cells

This type of blood cell helps the blood to clot

• white

• red

• platelets

• antibodies

The upper chambers of the heart are called ________.

• ventricle

• valves

• septum

• atrium

This type of blood cell fights off infection or germs.

• red

• white

• platelet

• aorta

A child has this many quarts of blood.

• 5

• 3

• 1

• 2

This type of blood cell carries oxygen to all parts of our body.

• white

• platelets

• red

• antibodies

Door like flaps in the heart that open and close and keep blood flowing in the same direction.

• ventricles

• aorta

• venae cava

• valves

Largest artery in our bodies.

• vena cava

• pulmonary artery

• aorta

• ventricle

The bottom chambers of the heart are called ___________.

• atrium

• aorta

• ventricles

• vena cava