Circulatory System

Delivers oxygen to your body cells. Made in bone marrow.

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• respiratory system

• lungs

Fights disease and infection. Made by the lymphatic system.

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

• circulatory system

• blood

This organ pumps blood through your body.

• heart

• artery

• vein

• capillaries

These blood vessels take oxygenated blood to the body cells.

• heart

• artery

• vein

• capillary

Small blood vessels that diffuse oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients.

• heart

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

The system that delivers oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide.

• respiratory

• skeletal

• lymphatic

• digestive

Causes an overproduction of white blood cells that crowd the blood.

• leukemia

• heart disease

• hemophilia

• sickle-cell anemia

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The 3 main functions of the Circulatory System

• break down food, remove waste, make blood cells

• react to stimuli, grow, adapt

• deliver materials, remove waste, and fight infection

What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

• small intestine

• bone

• lungs

• heart

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal