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Circulatory System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Circulatory System is what system? | Transport |
| The purpose of the circulatory system is to carry ___________and _________to cells of the body. | Oxygen and Food |
| Does the circulatory protect us from diseases? Yes or NO | YES |
| How many parts does the heart have? | 3 |
| What are the parts of the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM? | Blood Heart Blood Vessels |
| Blood is made up of what? | Liquid called PLASMA |
| This blood is yellowish color and contains digested food and waste products | PLASMA |
| This blood cells picks up oxygen in the blood and takes it to all cells in the body | Red Blood Cells |
| This blood cells help the body fight infections. | White Blood Cells |
| This blood cell has no color and changes shape as they move | White Blood Cell |
| These blood cells are in the blood that form clots which stop the bleeding. | Platelets |
| These contains iron and makes the blood look red. | Red Blood cells |
| What are the three kinds of Blood Vessels? | Capillaries,Veins,Arteries |
| Tiny Vessels that connect arteries to veins | Capillaries |
| These vessels take the blood back to the heart. | Veins |
| This blood vessel carries blood away from the heart. | Arteries |
| Name the parts of the heart. | Atrium,Ventricles,Valve |
| This is the upper chambers of the heart. | Atrium |
| This is the lower chamber of the heart. | Ventricles |
| This is a flap of tissue that keeps blood from flowing backward. | Valve |
| What system work with the circulatory system to get OXYGEN to all parts of the body. | Respiratory System |
| Living cells need _______________from the air in order to use the digested______________from the blood. | OXYGEN,NUTRIENTS OR FOOD |
| What combines with food to release energy? | OXYGEN |
| What products are carbon dioxide and water? | WASTE |
| What do people do when they breath in, through the mouth. | INHALE |
| When a person breathes in, through the mouth, down through the _____________, past the _____________(voice box). | TRACHEA,LARYNX |
| Trachea divides into tow tubes called the __________tubes, which lead to the lungs. | BRONCHIAL |
| Lungs are made of what kind of material? | SPONGY |
| Lungs divide into lots of what? | Branches |
| At the end of the branches are _________sacs. | AIR |
| What are the air sacs called that look like a bunches of grapes? | AVEOLI |
| When a person gets rid of C02 what are they doing? | exhales |
| This is a thick sheet of muscle at the bottom of the chest cavity. It moves down when a person breathes in. | Diaphragm |
| The Circulatory system and the Respiratory System are what system | Transport System |
| Millions of these pass oxygen to your body | air sacs |
| Another name for air sacs | alveoli |
| two branches that lead to the lungs | bronchi |
| a large muscle below the lungs | diaphragm |
| to take oxygen in | inhale |
| you voice box | larynx |
| two spongy areas in your body that hold oxygen | lungs |
| the gas humans need to stay alive | oxygen |
| throat | pharynx |
| the process of breathing | respiration |
| the bone frame that protects your lungs | rib cage |
| windpipe | trachea |
| This carries carbon dioxide to be removed from blood. | veins |
| Two lower chambers of the heart | ventricle |
| Two upper chambers of the heart | atrium |
| cardiac muscle | heart |
| carry blood away from the heart | arteries |
| carry blood to the heart | veins |
| smallest blood vessels, allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and cells and are located between arteries and veins. | capillaries |
| carry oxygen | red blood cells |
| fight infections | white blood cells |
| mineral which helps give red blood cells their color | iron |
| help the blood clot | platelets |
| upper CHAMBERS of the heart | atria |
| little door-like flap | valve |
| the continuous flow of blood around the body | circulation |
| heart, blood, arteries, capillaries, and veins | circulatory system |
| the largest artery in the body | aorta |
| 55% of blood, pale yellowish liquid, contains nutrients and water. | plasma |
| the process that keeps us from bleeding to death when we are cut. | blood clotting |
| a protein which gives the blood its red color? | hemoglobin |