Parts of the Circulatory System (True or False)
True or False: The heart is a fist shaped muscle
True
What can you do to strengthen your heart?
Exercise and get your heart pumping!
Where is the heart in the body?
On the middle-left.
What does the circulatory system do?
Pumps blood throughout the body
Various answers! I hope you are feeling great!
True or false: The stomach is a part of the circulatory system
False
True or False: Consistently eating and drinking a variety of junk food is good for the heart.
False. You should eat a variety of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables to keep a healthy heart! Too much junk food can later cause blockage in the arteries!
True or False. Your heart is like a single pump, where all the blood is pumped from one side only and is sent all across the body!
False. Your heart is like two pumps in one. The right side receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs; the left side receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body.
What does the circulatory system remove from the body?
Bonus 100: Give an example of what is removed from the body
Waste such as carbon dioxide
What do you call the movement of blood through the body?
Blood stream
True or false: The blood is only made of red blood cells
Bonus: If false, what two types of blood cells are in blood?
False
Red and White
True or False: Heart attacks, high blood pressure, heart failure and damage to the blood vessels can be a result of an unhealthy circulatory system
True
True or False. The heart receives messages from the body to pump more or less.
True! For example; when you are sleeping, your heart beats just enough to let your body rest.
Does the circulatory system help keep the body healthy?
Bonus 100: What type of cells are the main protector?
Yes. It protects the body from disease and infection.
White blood cells are produced to attack any infections.
What is the system of tubes that blood travels through called?
Blood vessels.
True or False: Blood vessels are a part of the circulatory system
Bonus 100: What are blood vessels?
True.
Blood vessels are a system of big and small tubes that blood travels through
Name 3 ways to get your heart beating faster!
Various answers will be accepted!
Do you have to tell your heart to beat?
No! Movements of the heart are involuntary, meaning that you don't have to tell your heart to beat.
Blood is like a delivery service! What does it deliver?
Bonus 100: 3 specific types of what it delivers around the body
Nutrients!
Sodium, potassium & calcium
What type of blood vessel carries blood AWAY from the heart?
Arteries!
True or False: The brain is a part of the circulatory system
False.
Name 2 food groups that will help keep your heart healthy
Fruits and vegetables!
True or False. Your heart beats 1000 times a day.
Bonus 100: What is a healthy range of heart rate
False.
Your heart beats 60 - 100 times per minute! (It can beat faster during exercise!)
(A heart beats around 108,000 times a day!)
Name the 5 functions of the circulatory system
1) Delivers oxygen to all the body's cells
2) Delivers nutrients like sodium, potassium and calcium to the body's cells
3) Removes waste like Carbon Dioxide from the body
4) Protects the body from disease and infection
5) Clots blood flow after an injury
What are the three parts of blood vessels?
Capillaries, vessels and arteries