Circulatory System Flashcards

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The other Job of the circulatory system is to transport gasses and wastes out of the body. It does this with a moveable tissue. What is this tissue called.

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Blood

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The job of the circulatory system is to bring __________ and _________ to all cells in the body.

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Oxygen and nutrients

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What is at the center of the circulatory system? What is its job ?

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The heart. It job is to pump blood through out the entire network of blood vessels ( at all times )

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Then the heart pumps blood to the ___________, which are blood vessels that take blood out or away of the heart.

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Arteries

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Once blood is in the artery, it is carried into a thinner thinner blood until they reach the smallest blood vessels. What is the smallest blood vessels called? What does it do?

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Capillary. The Capillary allows the gasses,sugars, minerals and wastes to pass both into into and out of body cells

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After exchanging gases,nutrients,and wastes, the capillaries transport blood back to the ______________ which are blood vessels that lead back to the heart. From the heart, the blood passes by the lungs to rid the body of carbon dioxide.

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Veins

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