Parts of the Circulatory System
What type of muscle is the human heart made of?
Cardiac muscle
What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Which type of blood cell carries oxygen?
Red blood cells
True or False: The human heart has a single circulation.
False (Double circulation)
What is the chamber of the heart that receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Left atrium
What does blood carry around the body?
Oxygen and nutrients
What type of blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?
Veins
Which type of blood cell fights infections?
White blood cells
What organ supplies the blood with oxygen?
Lungs
What chamber pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs so it can pick up oxygen?
What are the three parts of the circulatory system?
Heart, blood, and blood vessels
What type of blood vessel connects arteries to veins?
Capillaries
What are the components of blood?
RBC, WBC, plasma, and platelets
Which circulation moves blood between the heart and the lungs?
Pulmonary circulation
What is the thick wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart?
Septum
What blood has delivered its oxygen to the body and picked up carbon dioxide as a waste product?
Deoxygenated blood
What type of blood does the aorta carry?
Oxygenated blood
What gives blood its red color?
Hemoglobin
Which circulation supplies oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the whole body?
Systemic circulation
What chamber pumps oxygenated blood to the body?
Left ventricle
What are the four chambers of the heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle
What are the tissue flaps that open and close with every heartbeat to ensure blood flows in only one direction?
Valves
Where are new blood cells produced?
Bone marrow
What gas is removed from the body?
Carbon dioxide
Arrange these chambers in the correct order as blood flows through the heart after returning from the body.
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle