Circulatory System
The circulatory system transports these three things through the body.
(What are) nutrients; oxygen; waste products.
The heart is a special type of ____.
(What is) Muscle.
These are the names of the two parts of the closed circuit the circulatory system makes.
(What are) Pulmonary circuit and Systemic Circuit.
The sweat glands produce...
(What is) Sweat!
This is how much water we should drink each day.
(What is) 1.5 litres of water.
(What is) Plasma.
The action of the heart to send blood around the body is similar to this.
(What is) a Pump.
This circuit takes blood around the heart and the lungs.
(What is) Pulmonary circuit.
This is what the excretory system produces and gets rid of (expels).
(What is) Urine.
These are two things we can do to look after our circulatory system.
(What are) Exercise regularly and Eat a healthy diet.
The 3 types of cells in the blood.
(What are) Red blood cells, White blood cells, platelets (dead cells).
The contraction of the heart.
(What is) systole.
This is the waste product that blood collects from the Lungs.
(What is) Carbon Dioxide.
The name of the very small openings on the skin that allow sweat to leave the body.
(What are) Pores.
Two activities we should AVOID doing to prevent harm to the circulatory system are...
(What are) drinking alcohol and smoking.
These carry blood away from the heart towards all the body's organs.
(What are) Arteries.
The relaxation of the heart.
(What is) diastole.
This part of the heart is the source of all arteries.
(What is) the Aorta.
The blood reaches this pair of organs of the excretory system through two arteries. These organs filter the blood to remove waste products. The name of this pair of organs is...
(What is) the Kidneys.
This is a healthy habit we can practice to avoid diseases of the excretory system.
(What is) Good Personal Hygiene.
(What are) Capillaries.
True or False: The heart is divided into three parts.
FALSE: the heart is divided into TWO parts.
The blood travelling through the veins returns to the heart through this part.
(What is) the right atrium.
Name the four parts of the excretory system.
(What are) the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder, and the urethra.
This is an effect of not exercising or eating a healthy diet over lots of time.
(What is) Arteries getting harder and blocked up by fat build ups on their walls.