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The Circulatory System

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  • What are the 3 types of blood vessels?
    Capillaries, arteries and veins
  • True or false: Your heart is in your ribcage, in between your lungs
    True
  • What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
    The heart
  • True or false: The stomach is part of the respiratory system
    False: The stomach is part of the digestive system
  • The blood transports ___________ and ___________ around the body
    oxygen and nutrients
  • What do platelets do?
    They help to stop bleeding
  • The __________ system expels fluid waste
    Excretory
  • What organs do we need in the digestive system? (Name 3 organs)
    The stomach, the small intestine, the large intestine
  • What organ do we need for the excretory system?
    The kidneys
  • The blood is made up of 3 things: _____ blood cells,_____ blood cells and __________
    Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
  • True or false: If someone is having a heart attack, a defibrillator can help to dave them
    True
  • What do red blood cells transport?
    Oxygen
  • Why do we need white blood cells?
    To fight infection
  • True or false: The lungs pump blood around the body
    False, the heart pumps blood around the body
  • Name 4 different human systems
    The circulatory system, the digestive system, the excretory system and the respiratory system
  • What organs do we need for the respiratory system?
    The lungs
  • The circulatory system collects nutrients from the small/large intestine and moves them around the body
    small
  • What is the red liquid called that our heart pumps around our body?
    Blood