Heart, Blood, and Blood Vessels

Veins carry ______ to the heart:

• deoxygenated blood (blood without oxygen)

• oxygenated blood (blood with oxygen)

In what blood vessel are substances (like oxygen) transported directly into organ tissues?

• arteries

• capillaries

• red blood cells

• veins

Blood travels from the veins into the _____

• heart

• organ tissues

• lungs

• capillaries

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The arteries carry the blood to a different blood vessel called ______. Here substances (like oxygen) are released into organ tissues.

• capillaries

• veins

• artery ends

• heart

Arteries carry blood _____ from the heart.

_______ blood goes to the heart in the veins.

• deoxygenated (without oxygen)

• oxygenated (with oxygen)

_____ blood goes away from the heart to other parts of the body.

• deoxygenated (without oxygen)

• oxygenated (with oxygen)

The blood carries (mark all that are true):

• nutrients

• waste

• oxygen

• water

Which blood vessels take blood AWAY from the heart?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

What carries oxygen around the body?

• Plasma

• Red Blood Cells

• Platelets

• White Blood Cells