Functions of the Circulatory System

______________ are the smallest blood vessels.

Which is the correct definition of the Circulatory system?

• The system fights disease so the body stays healthy.
• The system that circulates blood and oxygen through the body, consisting of the heart,blood vessels,and blood.
• Breaks down food into smaller pieces and absorbs those nutrients into the body.
• Provides shape and structure for the body.

What function does the heart do?

• Protects organs and produces red blood cells.
• Generates heat.
• Breaks down food into nutrients.
• The heart is a pump, which moves the blood. The arteries and veins are the pipes where the blood flows.

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What do Red-Blood cells do?

• Carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and  transport carbon dioxide from the cells back to the lungs
• keeps blood flowing in one direction to the heart and prevent blood from flowing backwards
• Collects  blood from the capillaries and drain it into the veins
• Bring nutriients to the cells and carries away waste materials.

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Your blood is made up of which of the following...

• plasma, red blood cells, blue blood cells
• white and red blood cells
• plasma and platelets
• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

Name part A.

Name part J

Name part B.

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Name part M.

Name part N.