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The Circulatory System Flashcards

1
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How many times did your heart beat in 1 minute while sitting still?

A

60 times

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2
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What was your beats per minute after axercise?

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140 times

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3
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What is your heart beat?

A

resting heart rate

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4
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what side is the heart on?

A

left

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5
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what does your heart do?

A

circulate blood

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6
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what is the size of your heart

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about the size of your fist

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7
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what are the 4 functions of the circulatory system?

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  1. delivers oxygen
  2. delivers nutrients
  3. removes waste
  4. fights disease
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8
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what is blood?

A

special tissue that carries important gases and nutrients to and from all parts of your body

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9
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what are the three types of blood cells?

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red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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10
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what do red blood cells do and look like?

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carry oxygen; they look like small bowls

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11
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what do white blood cells do and look like?

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protect us from disease; they are rough looking with little bumps all over them

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12
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what do platelets do?

A

they help blood clot together when you are cut or injured

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13
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what are the 4 parts of the circulatory system?

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heart, lungs, blood vessels, and blood

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14
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what is the muscular organ that pumps blood all around the body?

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Heart

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15
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what breathes in oxygen from the air and breathes out carbon dioxide (waste) from the body?

A

lungs

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16
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what do blood travel through your body in hollow tubes

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blood vessels

17
Q

how everything is delivered through the circulatory system

A

blood

18
Q

what are the three types of blood vessels?

A

arteries, veins, and capillaries

19
Q

what blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

A

arteries

20
Q

what blood vessels carry blood towards the heart?

A

veins

21
Q

what are very narrow blood vessels?

A

capillaries

22
Q

why do your veins look blue?

A

blood with oxygen is red. blood without oxygen is blue/

23
Q

what color is the blood moving away from your lungs?

A

red

24
Q

what color is the blood moving towards your heart?

A

blue

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