7th Circulatory

What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

• small intestine

• bone

• lungs

• heart

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

• True

• False

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.

The heart is about the size and shape of your . . .

• head

• fist

• hand

• foot

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

• Arteries
• Veins
• Capillaries

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal

The main function of the circulatory system is 

• To give the body structure and support
• Excrete waste
• transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body
• to transport messages from the body to the brain

Arteries carry nutrient and oxygen rich blood _____________ from the heart.

• back to
• away
• parallel

Veins carry blood _________  the heart.

• back to 
• away
• parallel

How does the heart work?

• It pumps blood first to the lungs, back to the heart and then around the rest of the body.

• It pumps blood first to the rest of the body, back to the lungs and then to the heart.

• It pumps blood around the rest of the body, back to the heart and then to the lungs,