Functions of the circulatory system
This is NOT a function of the circulatory system: carrying oxygen, carrying nutrients, removing solid waste, or protecting you from disease.
carrying oxygen, carrying nutrients, removing solid waste, or protecting you from disease.
These two upper chambers receive blood entering the heart.
What are the atria?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Blood in the left side of the heart is mostly this type.
What is oxygenated blood?
This chamber receives blood from the body.
What is the right atrium?
The circulatory system brings these essential materials directly to your cells.
What are oxygen and nutrients?
These two lower chambers pump blood out of the heart.
What are the ventricles?
These vessels carry blood toward the heart.
What are veins?
Blood returning from the body enters the heart through these vessels.
What are the superior and inferior vena cava?
This term describes the heart acting as two pumps — one to the lungs, one to the body.
What is the double-pump system?
These three major parts make up the circulatory system.
What are the heart, blood, and blood vessels?
This side of the heart has thicker muscle because it pumps blood to the entire body.
What is the left side?
Veins have this special feature to prevent backflow.
What are valves?
The right side of the heart pumps this type of blood.
What is deoxygenated blood?
The pulmonary artery goes from the heart to this organ.
What is the lung?
The heart beats faster during exercise because the body needs more of this.
What is oxygen?
These structures prevent blood from flowing backward.
What are valves?
This is the body’s largest artery.
What is the aorta?
Air entering the lungs is this type before gaining oxygen.
What is deoxygenated?
A pulse is caused by the rhythmic pumping of this organ.
What is the heart?
This type of blood cells in the circulatory system help fight bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens.
What are white blood cells?
The heart does not have three chambers. How many does it have?
What is four?
The pulmonary artery carries this type of blood.
What is deoxygenated blood?
These vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are pulmonary veins?
If Sophie counts 10 beats in 10 seconds, her heart rate per minute is this.
What is 60 bpm?