The Circulatory System

Heart Dissection Tutorial Answer the following questions based on the video. Veins go _. away from the heart into the heart. Deoxygenated blood goes into the _ side of the heart right hand left hand What's the first chamber the blood goes into? atrium ventricle The blood leaves the left ventricle through the _ on the way to the rest of the body pulmonary artery aorta Match the pairs Aorta The largest artery in the body Arteries Carry blood AWAY from the heart Vein Carries blood TO the heart Capillaries The smallest blood vessels Valves Stop blood flowing backwards Pulmonary artery The only artery carrying deoxygenated blood Oxygenated blood Blood that contains oxygen from the lungs Deoxygenated blood Bloods that carries carbon dioxide from the body to the heart then to lungs Match the blood component with the function and percentage of blood. Red blood cells carries the oxygen; shaped like flattened discs; about 45% of blood White blood cells help fight infection; makes up less than 1% of the blood (unless you are sick) Platelets sticky; creates blood clots to prevent you from bleeding out; less than 1% of the blood Plasma yellow liquid that carries the substances in the vessels; makes up less than 55% of our blood Fill in the blanks to show how the circulatory system works with other body systems. The circulatory system works with the digestivesystem to carry nutrients broken down to your cells for energy. The circulatory system works with the respiratorysystem to carry oxygen to your body and carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be released from your body. The circulatory system works with the excretory system to remove the different body wastes from your body.