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Science Unit 1 Ch. 3
Body Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| straw-colored liquid part of the blood | plasma |
| pieces of cells that float in the blood and form clots | platelets |
| blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart to other body parts | arteries |
| the smallest kind of blood vessel | capillary |
| blood vessels that take blood from cells back to the heart | veins |
| flaps that act as doors, keeping the blood flowing in the right direction | valves |
| a thick sticky fluid that traps dust, germs,and other things that may be in the air. | mucus |
| a tube that carries air from the laryx to the lungs | trachea |
| tubes that branch out from the bronchi | bronchioles |
| the place where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood | air sacs |
| a tube that carries food to the stomach | esophagus |