Chapter 13

What is the main job of the cardiovascular system?

• transport blood

• digesting food

• keeping you healthy

What are the upper chambers of the heart called?

• atrium

• ventricle

What are the lower chambers of the heart called?

• atrium

• ventricle

What is the liquid portion of the blood called?

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

• plasma

What blood part carried oxygen?

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• plasma

What blood part helps fight diseases?

• white blood cell

• red blood cell

• platelet

What blood part helps clot the blood.

• platelet

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

What blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?

• Capillary

• artery

• vein

What connects the arteries to the veins?

• capillary

• vein

• artery

What carries oxygen-poor blood back to the heart?

• artery

• vein

• capillary