Circulatory Flashcards
1
Q
what is the job of your circulatory system?
A
To transport OXYGEN and NUTRIENTS around your body and to help to get rid of wastes
2
Q
What organs, or parts, make up your circulatory system?
A
• arteries
• veins
• heart
• blood
3
Q
plumps blood through the body
A
heart
4
Q
types of blood vessels
A
• arteries
• veins
• capillaries
5
Q
- move blood away from heart
- have thick & elastic walls, made of smooth muscles
- are connected to ventricles
A
arteries
6
Q
- move BLOOD toward the heart
- have ONE WAY VALVES
- are squeezed by SKELITAL muscles
- carry blood with WASTE MATERIAL AND that is oxygen POOR
A
veins
7
Q
- are MICROSOPIC blood cells
- connect arteries to veins
- there walls are ONLY ONE CELL thick
- NUTRIENTS and OXYGEN are EXCHANGED from the blood
A
Capillaries
8
Q
parts if human blood
A
- white blood cells
- red blood cells
- platelets
- plasma
9
Q
help fight infection
A
white blood cells
10
Q
transport 02
A
red blood cells
11
Q
help clots blood
A
platelets
12
Q
contains nutrients and minerals the liquid part of blood
A
plasma
