Circulatory System Flashcards
What does the circulatory system?
It delivers oxygen and nutrients to all the organs and tissues in your body by the bloodstream
What organs does the circulatory system have?
It has the heart, lungs, arteries, veins, capilares and blood
What does the heart?
It pumps blood around your body?
What do the lungs do?
They bring the oxygen yo the arteries so that they can deliver it around your body and help exile the carbon dioxide in the veins
What do te arteries do?
The take the oxygen from the lungs and deliver it around the body
What does the veins do?
They take the carbon dioxide and deliver it to the lungs so that the respiratory system can exile it
What do the capilares do?
They are thin so that they can transfer the oxygen and nutrients from the bloodstream to the tissues
