Human body (1.1)

The (a)   carries food and ​ (b)   to all parts of your body. It also carries ​ (c)   that your body not need.

• circulatory system
• oxygen
• waste substances

The circulatory system has 3 main parts

• The heart

• Blood vessels

• Blood

• lung

• kidney

Your heart is a special muscle. Its function is to (a)   through your body. This process is called ​ (b)   . Every time the heart muscle ​ (c)   to pump blood, you can feel a ​ (d)   . It takes less than ​ (e)   to pump blood to every part of your body. The heart does this all the time and never stops.

• pump blood
• circulation
• contracts
• heartbeat
• a minute

The heart has ​ (a)   sides. The (b)   pumps blood that contain oxygen all around the body. The​ (c)   pumps blood without oxygen to the lungs only.

(Remember that the left side of the drawing shows the right side of the heart and the right side of the drawing shows the left side of the heart)

• left side
• right side
• two

(a)   is red liquid that flows around the body. The blood carries ​ (b)   and oxygen to all parts of the body. It also picks up waste products, such as ​ (c)   , from the body and carries them to organs which can get rid of them.

Carbon dioxide is ​ (d)   that the body must get rid of. The ​ (e)   and lungs are body organs that also help the body get rid of waste products.

• Blood
• food particles
• carbon dioxide
• a waste gas
• kidneys

Blood moves through the body in the blood vessels. There are 3 kinds of blood vessels:

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• Pulse

Each kind of blood vessel has a different structure and function of the body.

The blood vessels run from the heart to the lungs, around the body and back to the heart. Blood always moves along the same pathway in the blood vessels.

• The heart pumps the oxygen-rich blood in the other arteries to the rest of the body

• The blood from the rest of the body, which is now low in oxygen, travels backs to the heart in veins.

• The oxygen-rich blood travels back in veins from the lungs to the heart.

• The heart pumps blood in arteries to the lungs to pick up oxygen

1. ^{Which parts of the animal circulatory systems are the same as the human circulatory system?}

2. ^{How are the animal circulatory systems different to the human circulatory system?}

​ (a)   is caused by the pressure of the blood as the heart pumps it to the rest or the body. Two good places to find your pulse are on the side of your ​ (b)   and the inside of your (c)   . ​ (d)   is caused by the contraction of your heart muscle.

• The pulse
• neck
• wrist
• The heart beats

Which situation does your heart beat more?

Groups:

(a) More

,

(b) Less

• More active

• As an adult

• Less active

• As a child