Cardiovascular System

Which organ is key in the cardiovascular system?

• kidney

• heart

• spleen

• skin

What do red blood cells do?

• carries oxygen

• fights infection

• clots blood

• nothing; the white blood cells do all the work

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What type of blood vessel is very small and lets gases exchange?

• Capillaries

• Veins

• Arteries

• Red Blood Cells

carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body. Largest blood vessel in the body

• Arteries of the head, neck, arms

• Right Pulmonary Veins

• Superior vena cava

• Aorta

Thin flap of tissue that acts as a one way door

• Atria

• Ventricles

• Valve

• Septum

arteries, veins, and capillaries are three types of __________

• heart valves
• blood vessels
• cells
• veins

Match the following

• pumps blood

• heart

• vessels going back to the heart and lungs - full of carbondioxide

• capillaries

• mini blood vessels, where oxygen and carbondioxide are exchanged

• arteries

• Vessels going away from the heart and lungs - full of oxygen

• veins

How many chambers does a human heart have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What Is the Simple Definition of Heart?

• the pulse that sends signals to the other organs in the body to the kidney

• the hollow muscular organ the pumps blood throughout the body

• a shape that is a triangle with two circles

• the veins that sends nutrients to other parts of the body

In a capillary, oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged through what process?

• Active Transport

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Endocytosis

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5