Science 7 Vocab Quiz: Circulatory System

tissue that brings oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body and removes wastes from the cells of the body

• blood

• atrium

• heart

• aorta

the system that transports blood and other fluids throughout the body

• pulmonary artery

• circulatory system

• capillary

• heart

the muscular organ of an animal that pumps blood throughout the body

• aorta

• heart

• blood

• pulmonary artery

a chamber of the heart with thick muscular walls that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it into arteries

• ventricle

• atrium

• aorta

• capillary

a chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and pumps it into the ventricles

• atrium

• ventricle

• artery

• aorta

the large artery that brings blood from the heart to the lungs

• pulmonary artery

• aorta

• heart

• artery

the major artery responsible for transporting blood from the heart to other parts of the human body

• heart

• blood

• aorta

• atrium

a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

• vein

• atrium

• aorta

• artery

a blood vessel that moves blood towards the heart

• artery

• atrium

• vein

• heart

a small blood vessel that transports nutrients and gases between the blood and tissues in an animal

• atrium

• capillary

• ventricle

• artery