Circulatory and Respiratory System Vocabulary

an organ system that consist of organs and structures used for gas exchange

• Circulatory System

• Respiratory System

An organ system that taransports needed materials to cells and removes wastes.

• Respiratory System

• Circulatory System

passageways that connect your windpipe to your lungs.

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

• Bronchi

• Alveoli

Carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to various organs and tissues.

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

• Vein

• Alveoli

tiny air sacs in your lungs that take up the oxygen you breathe

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

• Bronchi

• Alveoli

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The smallest blood vessels in your vascular system.

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

• Bronchi

• Alveoli

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart from the body's cells, tissues, and organs.

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

• Bronchi

• Alveoli

a chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle

• Aorta

• Atrium

• Ventricle

muscular chamber that pumps blood out of the heart and into the circulatory system.

• Aorta

• Atrium

• Ventricle

The main artery of the circulatory system, arising from the left ventricle of the heart

• Aorta

• Atrium

• Ventricle