The circulatory system

What is the circulatory system responsible for?

• digestion

• Carrying nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and waste products

• absorption

• breathing

What makes up the circulatory system?

• The lungs and the digestive tract

• The brain

• The liver and the pancreas

• The heart, the blood and blood vessels

The heart is the size of

• an apple

• your foot

• your fist

• a basketball

The right side of the heart pumps blood to the

• organs

• brain

• lungs

• intestine

Blood vessels that carry blood back to your heart are called 

• Arteries

• Veins

• Capillaries

• intestine

The smallest vessels are called 

• arteries

• veins

• vessels

• capillaries

The left side of the heart pumps blood to

• lungs

• bladder

• all of your body

• heart

The blood drops off... in the lungs.

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• blood

• nutrients

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The blood picks up __________ from the lungs.

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• poison

It pumps blood around the body. It's inside the chest.

• large intestine

• stomach

• heart

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