The Circulatory System Flashcards
What is the circulatory system?
The circulatory system transports substances around the body in the blood
Name the substance transported in the circulatory system
Amino Acids
Glucose
Fatty acids
Glycerol
Oxygen
What is oxygenated blood?
Oxygenated blood is by blood with oxygen in it.
What is deoxygenated blood?
Deoxygenated blood is blood without oxygen in it.
Deoxygenated blood is pumped to the _________
Oxygenated blood is pumped to the _________
Lungs
Body
What is the purpose of heart valves
Heart valves helps yo stop the blood going backwards in the atria
The blood system consists of the?
Heart
Blood vessels
Blood tissue
Blood plasma
The fluid part of the blood
Red blood cells
Transports oxygen to all parts of the body
Closed blood system
A type of transport system where blood remains within the vessels
White blood cells
Are necessary for clotting the blood
Blood platelets
The fluid part of the blood
Blood consists of
Blood platelets
Blood plasma and
Blood cells
Blood plasma transports nutrients,waste products and dissolved gasses while the ———- is a muscular pumping organ, which pumps blood around the body. The right side receives. ———- from the body and pumps it to the lungs. The left side, receives ———- from the lungs and puma it to the body.
Heart
Deoxygenated blood
Oxygenated blood
