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Circulatory System

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  • What gives blood its red colour?
    Haemoglobin.
  • What is blood pressure?
    Blood pressure is the force at which blood pumps around the body.
  • What is the function of red blood cells?
    Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body, as well as return carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
  • What are the four main parts of blood?
    Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma.
  • What happens to blood when it reaches the cells of the body?
    It offloads oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide.
  • What is the function of white blood cells?
    They defend the body against bacteria and diseases.
  • Which part of the blood is responsible for clotting?
    Platelets.
  • What do arteries do?
    Arteries take oxygenated blood to the organs and the rest of the body.
  • What is a pulse?
    The rhythm of your heart rate and blood moving through your body.
  • Name the three main parts of the circulatory system.
    The heart, blood, and blood vessels.
  • What is haemoglobin?
    Haemoglobin gives blood its red colour.
  • Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood to the organs and the rest of the body?
    Arteries
  • What is the main function of valves in the heart?
    They only allow blood to flow in one direction.
  • What do veins do?
    Veins take deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
  • What is the main function of the circulatory system?
    To move blood through the heart and around the body.
  • What happens to your heart rate when you exercise?
    Your heart rate increases.
  • What is the difference between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
    Oxygenated blood has oxygen and is a brighter red, while deoxygenated blood has carbon dioxide andis a duller red.
  • Which blood vessels connect arteries and veins to each other, organs, and cells?
    Capillaries.
  • What is plasma?
    Plasma is the liquid part of the blood.