Circulatory System

Which system is often referred to as the "transportation" system of the body?

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System

• Skeletal System

• Muscular System

The heart is divided into four parts or chambers - the lower chambers are called _____________.

• Atriums

• Ventricles

• Atria

• Ventrioles

True or False: Arteries carry blood back to the heart.

• True

• False

What is the purpose of your veins?

• Carry blood away from the heart

• Connect arterioles with venules

• Carry blood back to the heart

• Connect arteries to capillaries

What is considered a normal heart rate?

• 60-110 beats per minute

• 50-100 beats per minute

• 20-80 beats per minute

• 60-100 beats per minute

This organ pumps blood through your body.

• heart

• artery

• vein

• capillaries

These blood vessels carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs.

• heart

• capillaries

• veins

• arteries

These blood vessels take oxygenated blood to the body cells.

• heart

• artery

• vein

• capillary

Your heart is about the size of your __________.

• mouth

• fist

• show

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries