Lesson 5: Animal Structures Vocab

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

• pipes

• arteries

• veins

• vessels

A material consisting of solid parts floating in liquid plasma, which moves substances through an animal's body.

• saliva

• sweat

• tears

• blood

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The process of moving blood and the materials it carries, through an animal's body.

• circulation

• breathing

• blood

• digestion

The process that breaks down food into smaller substances that the body can use.

• circulation

• breathing

• digestion

• intestines

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A pump made of muscle that moves blood through the body

• lung

• circulation

• nose

• heart

A digestive structure that removes water from undigested food.

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach

• saliva

Ballon-like structures in the bodies of some animals that take in air and release waste.

• intestine

• lungs

• heart

• nostrils

A digestive structure that mixes digestive juices with food and absorbs useful parts of the food.

• small intestine

• stomach

• large intestine

• saliva

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A digestive structure lined with muscles that stir food and mix it with digestive juices.

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach

• saliva

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Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.

• capillaries

• arteries

• vessels

• veins