Parts of the Circulatory System
Parts of the Heart
Circulation
Blood Cells
Blood Vessels
100
What type of muscle is your heart made of?
cardiac
100

This muscular chamber pumps oxygenated blood out of the heart to the rest of the body.

left ventricle

100
Blood comes from the ________ and enters the ________ atrium.
body, right
100
Which type of blood cell carries oxygen?
red blood cells
100
What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
arteries
200

Blood carries __________ and __________ to the cells of the body.

food/nutrients, oxygen

200

This valve prevents blood from flowing backward from the right ventricle into the right atrium.
 

tricuspid valve

200
Blood then passes through a ________, goes into the right ____________, and then goes to the _________.
valve, ventricle, lungs
200
Which type of blood cell fights infections?
white blood cells
200
What type of blood vessel carries blood to the heart?
veins
300
What are the three parts of the circulatory system?
blood, blood vessels, heart
300

These two large blood vessels carry blood away from the heart to the lungs and to the rest of the body.
 

the pulmonary artery and the aorta?

300
While in the _______, blood picks up __________ and gets rid of ___________ _____________.
lungs, oxygen, carbon dioxide
300
__________ blood cells do not have a nucleus, _________ blood cells do have a nucleus.
red, white
300
What type of blood vessel connects arteries to veins?
capillaries
400
Blood carries __________ ____________ and ___________ away from the cells of the body.
carbon dioxide, wastes
400

This thin-walled upper chamber of the heart receives deoxygenated blood returning from the body. 

right atrium

400
Blood then comes from the _________, and enters the left __________, then goes through a __________ and enters the left ____________, then leaves the heart and goes to the __________.
lungs, atrium, valve, ventricle, body
400
Red blood cells contain a chemical called ______________ that carries ___________ to your cells and carries ___________ ___________ away from your cells.
hemoglobin, oxygen, carbon dioxide
400
_____________ have thick muscular walls, and __________ have thin walls with valves.
arteries, veins
500
Name the four chambers of the heart:
left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
500

This tough, protective sac surrounds the heart and helps reduce friction as it beats.

the pericardium

500

Blood delivers _________ and __________ to the body cels and takes ___________ ____________ and __________ away from your cells. Then it comes from the _________ and back to the right ___________.

food, oxygen, carbon dioxide, wastes, body, atrium

500
New blood cells are produced in _________ ____________. The part of blood that is mostly water is called __________. ______________ help clot blood and stop bleeding.
bone marrow, plasma, platelets
500

_________ and __________ diffuse into your cells and __________ diffuse out of your cells in the blood vessels called _________________.

food/nutrients, oxygen, wastes, capillaries

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