Circulatory system

How many types of blood vessels are in our body?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.

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How does the heart work?

• It pumps blood first to the lungs, back to the heart and then around the rest of the body.

• It pumps blood first to the rest of the body, back to the lungs and then to the heart.

• It pumps blood around the rest of the body, back to the heart and then to the lungs,

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal

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The circulatory system works with the __________ system to obtain energy from nutrients that we eat. 

• respiratory 
• digestive
• skeletal
• nervous

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The heart has ___ chambers.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Thin-walled vessels that allow for the exchange of O_{2 ,} CO₂, nutrients and wastes between blood cells or air sacs in the lungs

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

A flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

• Aorta
• Atrium
• Septum
• Valve

Carry blood away from heart; mostly oxygen-rich

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries