Respiratory and Circulatory Connections

Arteries carry blood with oxygen away from the heart.

• True

• False

Veins carry blood with carbon dioxide back to the heart.

• False

• True

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.

EXHALE!!!
My lungs are __________________ air. 

• taking in
• letting out

Inhale!!!!
Your lungs are ___________  air

• taking in
• letting out

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to give oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide for the body

• to break down food and absorb nutrients

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___.

• carbon dioxide/ oxygen

• oxygen/carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

• esophogus

• bronchi

• trachea

• alveoli

• to breathe

• to pump

• to trachea

• to lungs

• to pump

• to breathe

• to heart

• to circulatory

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3