The Circulatory System

The Circulatory System

By Sara Alattar

​Circulation is the process by which blood is transported in blood vessels, to and from the various different parts of the body, by the pumping action of the heart.

Multiple Choice

______________________ is the process by which blood is transported in blood vessels, to and from the various different parts of the body, by the pumping action of the heart.

• Circulation
• Excretion
• Digestion

​Parts of Circulatory System

Heart: Pumping blood to different parts of the body.
Blood: Carries materials between the heart and different body parts.
Blood Vessels: Channels that carry blood throughout the body.

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______________Pumps blood to different parts of the body.

• The lungs
• The liver
• The heart

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________________ are Channels that carry blood throughout the body.

• Muscles
• Blood vessels
• Nerves

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___________________Carries materials between the heart and different body parts.

• Lungs
• Blood vessels
• Stomach

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▶Transports important substances, such as oxygen and nutrients, to all parts of the body.

▶Distributes heat throughout the body.

▶Carries:

• waste products, such as carbon dioxide, away from body cells.

• disease-fighting materials produced by immune system.

• hormones to target organs

Multiple Choice

Circulatory system is responsible for distributing heat throughout the body.

• False
• True

Multiple Choice

Carrying waste products, such as carbon dioxide, away from body cells.

is a function of the _____________

• digestive system
• circulatory system
• nervous system

Multiple Select

Blood __________________________

Choose two answers

• carries disease-fighting materials produced by immune system.

• is responsible for producing hormones

• breaks down food using Enzymes

• carries hormones to target organs

​Carry blood away from the heart.
Have thick smooth muscle layer to tolerate the pressure with which blood is being pumped outside of the heart.

• ​The largest vessels are veins.

• They carry blood back to the heart.

• Skeletal muscle contraction keeps blood moving.

Capillaries are tiny thin vessels in which exchange of substances and wastes occurs.

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___________________carry blood back to the heart.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

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______________________are tiny thin vessels in which exchange of substances and wastes occurs.

• Veins
• Arteries
• Capillaries

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__________________carry blood away from the heart.

• Capillaries
• Arteries
• Veins

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What are the four main components of the blood?

• White blood cells, hormones, antibodies, glucose

• Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
• Hormones, enzymes, nutrients, waste products

​Red blood cells: Carry oxygen to the body cells

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​White blood cells: Fight infections

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​Plasma (liquid part of the blood): Transports glucose, fats, vitamins, minerals, hormones, and waste products between body cells.

​Platelets: Form blood clots to prevent bleeding

Multiple Choice

______________________Blood component that carry oxygen to the body cells

• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Plasma
• Red blood cells

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______________________Blood component that fight infections

• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Plasma
• Red blood cells

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______________________Blood component that form blood clots to prevent bleeding

• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Plasma
• Red blood cells

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______________________Blood component that transports glucose, fats, vitamins, minerals, hormones, and waste products between body cells

• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Plasma
• Red blood cells

Multiple Choice

The RIGHT pump of the heart pushes ___________________________________ blood to the lungs

• deoxygenated
• oxygenated
• carbonated

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The LEFT pump pushes __________________ blood to the rest of the body (excluding the lungs).

• unoxygenated
• oxygenated
• deoxygenated

Open Ended

How many atriums and ventricles does the heart have?

Multiple Choice

oxygen-poor blood exists in

• Right side of the heart

• Left side of the heart

• Both

Multiple Choice

Aorta Carries ______ from the left ventricle to the body.

• oxygen-poor blood

• oxygen-rich blood

• Both oxygen-rich blood and oxygen rich blood

Open Ended

What areteh three types of blood vessels?

Multiple Choice

Most arteries carry oxygen-rich blood.

• True

• False

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Capillaries are large blood vessels

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is the function of valves in veins?

Multiple Choice

Pulmonary circulation carries

blood _______

• between the heart and the rest of the body.

• between the heart and lungs.

• Both

Multiple Choice

The right side of the heart pumps ____________ through the pulmonary circulation.

• oxygen-poor blood to the lungs

• oxygen- rich blood to the lungs

• oxygen-poor blood to the body

Multiple Choice

In the lungs___________

•  O_{2 (} diffuses from blood )  CO₂ (absorbed by blood)

•  CO_{2 (} diffuses from blood )  O₂ (absorbed by blood)

Open Ended

List two functions of blood

Multiple Choice

90 % of plasma is ______

• Water

• Proteins

• Gases

Multiple Choice

There are _____ types of Plasma proteins

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

________ is  necessary for blood to clot.

• Globulin

• Albumin

• Fibrinogen

Open Ended

What is the main role of red blood cells?

Multiple Choice

Blood cells that guard against infection, fight parasites, and attack bacteria are called

• White blood cells

• Red blood cells

• Palettes