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Science Circulatory System - Updated

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What are the 5 functions of blood?
Transport of oxygen and food to cells, transport of waste away from cells, fight against infection and stabilization of body temperature
What is dissolved in plasma?
Foods such as glucose, amino acids and vitamins
What does plasma transport
Heat and chemicals
2 way white blood cells fight infections
Engulf and digest them or produce antibodies
What is blood and why?
It is a tissue because it is made up of many cells working together
Where does carbon dioxide enter blood?
Cells
Where does glucose enter blood?
Small intestine
Where does glucose leave the blood?
Cells
Mnemonic for white bloods cell types
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What does the circulatory system consist of?
heart, blood vessels, blood
Artery
Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
Vein
carries deoxygenated blood to the heart
Capillaries
Allow materials to pass in and out of the bloodstream
Describe the inside of a vein
Wide central tube, has valves
Describe the inside of an artery
Narrow central tube
What does the right side of the heart do?
Pumps blood to lungs
What does the right side of the heart do?
Pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs to all parts of the body
Name the four parts of the heart
Right atrium, left atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle
Describe the vena cava
Deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium
Describe the pulmonary artery
Deoxygenated blood goes goes upward from the right ventricle to the lungs
Describe the aorta
Oxygenated blood goes upward from the left ventricle to the body
Describe the pulmonary vein
Oxygenated blood from lungs goes into the left atrium
Pulse
The surge of blood in an artery due to a heartbeat
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