Circulatory System Flashcards
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.
Blood
The job of the circulatory system is to bring __________ and _________ to all cells in the body.
Oxygen and nutrients
What is at the center of the circulatory system? What is its job ?
The heart. It job is to pump blood through out the entire network of blood vessels ( at all times )
Then the heart pumps blood to the ___________, which are blood vessels that take blood out or away of the heart.
Arteries
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?
Capillary. The Capillary allows the gasses,sugars, minerals and wastes to pass both into into and out of body cells
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.
Veins