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What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

• small intestine

• bone

• lungs

• heart

How many types of blood vessels are in our body?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

• True

• False

Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

• False

• True

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.

The heart is about the size and shape of your . . .

• head

• fist

• hand

• foot

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

This particular blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium

• super vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• pulmonary artery

• pulmonary vein

This particular blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium

• super vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• pulmonary artery

• pulmonary vein