Circulation & Gas Exchange

what is the purpose of circulation

• supply O2 and nutrients and remove waste

• break down the food

• get oxygen into the lungs

• remove solid waste

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

what does an atrium do

• let blood in

• let blood out

• exchange gases

• remove waste

what does a ventricle do

• force blood out

• let blood in

• exchange gases

• remove waste

left side of the heart is high in

• O2

• CO2

• N

• H

what is the function of arteries

• take blood to heart

• take blood away from heart

• take blood to colon

• take blood to brain

what is the function of the veins

• take blood toward heart

• take blood away from heart

• remove waste

• take blood to stomach

what is the largest artery

• radial

• aorta

• ulnar

• femoral

what happens in pulmonary circulation

• circulation to the lungs

• circulation to the body

• circulation in the heart

• circulation to the brain

what happens in coronary circulation

• circulation to the heart

• circulation to the body

• circulation to the lungs

• circulation to small intestine

what happens in systemic circulation

• circulation for the entire body

• circulation in the heart only

• circulation heart and lungs

• circulation to digestion system only

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