Circulatory System

What system transports nutrients and oxygen to all cells in the body as well as carries away wastes and keeps oxygen-rich blood flowing throughout your body?

• respiratory system

• circulatory system

• digestive system

• integumentary system

Which organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body? It has four chambers and four valves.

• heart

• spleen

• stomach

• large intestine

Heart

• muscular sac that churns food into chyme

• muscular pump that circulates the blood; has four chambers and four valves.

• the site of gas exchange for oxygen and carbon dioxide

Select all of the below that are found in the blood.

• red blood cells (RBCs)

• white blood cells (WBCs)

• plasma

• platelets

• chyme

Define what red blood cells (RBCs) are.

• yellowish liquid that contains water, nutrients, salts and gases

• carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide away

• attack invading microorganisms

• fragments of cells that help with blood clotting; they stop bleeding.

Define what white blood cells (WBCs) do.

• yellowish liquid that contains water, nutrients, salts and gases

• carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide away

• attack invading microorganisms

• fragments of cells that help with blood clotting; they stop bleeding.

Define what plasma is in the blood.

• yellowish liquid that contains water, nutrients, salts and gases

• carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide away

• attack invading microorganisms

• fragments of cells that help with blood clotting; they stop bleeding.

Define what platelets do in the blood.

• yellowish liquid that contains water, nutrients, salts and gases

• carry oxygen to the cells and carry carbon dioxide away

• attack invading microorganisms

• fragments of cells that help with blood clotting; they stop bleeding.

What does the blood do?

• carries oxygen and nutrients to cells in the body.

• helps with the digestion and breakdown of food

• produces earwax

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What are the three types of blood vessels? Select all three.

• capillaries

• veins

• arteries

• blood