Circulatory System Vocabulary

Vessels in circulatory system that carry oxygenated

blood AWAY from the heart toward body cells

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

Organ in the circulatory system that pumps blood

throughout the body

• heart

• lungs

• capillary

• artery

Liquid part of blood that supports the other parts

• platelets

• plasma

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

Cell carried in the blood that helps fight infections

• white blood cells

• red blood cells

• platelets

• plasma

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Smallest blood vessels where nutrients and gas are

exchanged between the blood and body cells

• capillaries

• veins

• arteries

Vessels in circulatory system that carry deoxygenated

blood TOWARD the heart

• veins

• arteries

• capillaries

Cell found in blood that delivers oxygen to body cells

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• platelets

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Part of blood that helps blood to clot where there is an

injury

• platelets

• plasma

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

Organ system that transports needed substances

throughout the body and carries away wastes

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

• muscular system

• digestive system

Tissue made up of cells and pieces of cells carried in a

liquid; transported throughout the body by the circulatory

system

• blood

• capillaries

• heart

• plasma

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