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Circulatory System
Question | Answer |
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What is Blood? | The liquid connective tissue |
What is one of the functions of Blood? | To transport oxygen and nutrients |
What is another function of the Blood? | To carry away carbon dioxide and waste |
What are the 3 parts the Circulatory system is made out of? | The Heart, Blood, and Blood Vessels |
What is the function of the Circulatory system? | It transports material to and from your cells |
What does CARDIO and VASCULAR mean? | CARDIO means heart and VASCULAR means vessel |
What are the 2 types of blood? | Oxygenated and Deoxygenated |
What is the Heart? | A muscular organ about the size of your fist that pumps oxygen poor blood into the lungs and oxygen rich blood into the body |
How many times does your heart beat per minute? | 72 |
What are the chambers your heart is made out of? | Two upper chambers that are called Atrium, and two lower chambers are called Ventricles |
What are Arteries? | Blood vessels that direct blood away from the Heart |
What are Veins? | Blood vessels that direct blood back to the heart |