BREATH!
What are the points of the respiratory system?
Nose/Mouth
Trachea
Lungs
Alveoli
A main function of capillaries is to do what?
Carry oxygen and nutrient to every cell.
How is blood moved around the body?
The heart beating.
What would make a good model of the heart?
A pump.
What is another name for Halloween?
All Hallow's Eve
What is another name for the northern lights?
Aurora Borealis
Is the human heart a muscle or an organ?
Trick question, IT'S BOTH!
Oxygen passes from the blood into organs through what kind of blood vessels?
Capillaries
An important function of the circulatory system is to do what important task?
To transport nutrients to other parts of the body.
What prevents blood from flowing back into the heart?
Valves
When blood leaves the heart, where does it go?
Arteries, lungs, and then on to other parts of the body.
What is the capital of Colorado?
Denver
What is another name for the circulatory system?
Cardiovascular System
This is a tissue that includes both cells and liquid material. It transports nutrients and waste.
Blood
What is the system that moves blood around your body? (Hint: it includes your heart, blood vessels and blood)
Your circulatory system
These are the two chambers of your heart where blood ENTERS the heart.
Atrium
What is the holiday after Thanksgiving?
CHRISTMAS
These are the tubes that carry blood back to the heart from the body. Most carry blood with lower levels of oxygen and higher levels of carbon dioxide.
Veins
These are the little blood vessels that have walls so thin that oxygen, nutrients and waste can pass through the walls into and out of the cells in the body, to and from the blood.
I could see that!
This is the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. This system includes the nose, mouth, lungs, and the parts that connect them.
Respiratory System
These are the muscular sacs inside the chest that bring oxygen into the body and release carbon dioxide.
LUNGS!
James Irwin, who our school is named after, what was his job?
He was an astronaut!
These are the small sacs inside the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged and moved into the blood.
Alveoli (not ravioli)
This is an organ in your circulatory system that pumps the blood in your body. It is made up of four chambers that works with two pumps.
Your heart