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Science Circulatory System Flashcards

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1
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system that carries blood around the body…includes your blood, blood vessels and heart

A

circulatory system

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2
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blood vessels that carries blood AWAY from the heart

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Arteries

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3
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blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart

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veins

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4
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chambers that receive blood coming INTO the heart

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atria

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5
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it brings oxygen and nutrition to your cells and takes away their waste for you

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blood

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6
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It is a big muscle that beats as long as your alive

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heart

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7
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Your heart has this many compartments

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4

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8
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The three types of blood vessles

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Veins, Arteries and capillaries

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9
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The heart is the size of

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your hand when it is in a fist

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10
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the push of blood agains the walls of your ateries

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pulse

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11
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how fast your heart beats in one minute

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heart rate

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12
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chambers that pump blood OUT of the heart. There is a right and a left ventricle

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Ventricles

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13
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flaps in the heart that keep blood flowing in the proper direction. Valves prevent blood from flowing back toward the heart

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Valve

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14
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The heart is considered a ______

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muscle

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15
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The heart beats about ________ per minute

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60-80

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16
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_______ increases your heartrate

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exercise

17
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They carry blood to and from every cell in your body

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blood vessels

18
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As your heart pumps it pushes blood into the

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arteries

19
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The stretching out and relaxing of the artery walls is your _______ pushing blood through your arteries

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pulse

20
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_______ is delivered through the capillaries

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Oxygen

21
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________ is picked up through the capillaries

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Carbon Dioxide and Waste

22
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Capillaries are so small that red blood cells must move through them___________

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single file

23
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________is the hardest working muscle in your body

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the heart

24
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clean blood comes into the heart through the

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left atrium

25
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dirty blood comes into the heart through the

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right atrium

26
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dirty blood leaves the heart through the

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right ventricle

27
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it takes about _______ for a blood cell to travel through your whole circulatory system

A

about 1 minute

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