Q1 Sci 9

What is the general function of the heart?

• pumping organ

• transport medium

• vast network of which carries blood

What is the general function of the blood?

• pumping organ

• transport medium

• vast network of which carries blood

What is the general function of the blood vessels?

• pumping organ

• transport medium

• vast network of which carries blood

muscular organ

positioned behind

the rib cage and

between the lungs

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

arteries, veins, capillaries

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

fluid tissue

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

transportation of

dissolved gases,

nutrients, hormones,

and metabolic wastes

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

thermoregulation

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

septum, chambers, valves

• heart

• blood

• blood vessel

Valves ensures ____ flow

of blood inside the heart