Circulatory System Definitions

Front

Required by the body to perform essential functions

Back

Oxygen

Front

What transports deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation?

Back

Pulmonary artery

Front

Oxygen-rich blood cells

Back

Oxygenated Blood

Front

Blood vessels that collect deoxygenated blood and return it to the heart.

Back

Veins

Front

Oxygen-poor blood cells

Back

Deoxygenated Blood

Front

They distribute Oxygenated blood to your body.

Back

Arteries

Front

What receives deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it to the right ventricle?

Back

Right Atrium

Front

Main artery that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.

Back

Aorta

Front

It pumps the oxygenated blood to the body.

Back

Left Ventricle

Front

It pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs. In the lungs, the blood then gets a "refill" of oxygen.

Back

Right Ventricle