Parts of the Circulatory System
What is the function of the heart?
pumps blood
What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
arteries
Which blood vessel carries blood to the head
carotid artery
Which part of the heart pumps blood to the body?
Left ventricle
What separates the right atrium and ventricle?
Blood carries __________ and __________ to the cells of the body.
food, oxygen
What type of blood vessel carries blood to the heart?
veins
Which blood vessel carries blood to the arms?
subclavian arteries
Which part of the heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body?
Right atrium
Right
What are the three types of blood vessels?
arteries, veins, and capillaries
What type of blood vessel connects arteries to veins?
capillaries
Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart from the upper body?
Superior vena cava
Which part of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
Left atrium
What is the large artery that all oxygenated blood travels through to get to the rest of the body?
Aorta
Blood carries ____________ and ___________ away from the cells of the body.
carbon dioxide, wastes
_____________ have thick muscular walls
arteries
Which blood vessel carries blood to the lungs?
pulmonary artery
Which part of the heart pumps blood throughout the body?
Left ventricle
What carries deoxygenated blood into the heart from the lower body?
Inferior vena cava
Name the four chambers of the heart:
left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
How do nutrients and oxygen move into your cells from the blood?
Diffusion
Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to the heart cells?
coronary artery
Which valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle?
Bicuspid valve
What is the function of the circulatory system?
Transport oxygen and nutrients to cells, waste away from cells.