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Cardiovascular (Circulatory) System Notes. Functions of the cardiovascular system…. Carries _____, _____ & other needed materials to cells. nutrients. oxygen. Carries _________ & other _______ away from cells. carbon dioxide. wastes. Blood helps fight ______ & heal ______.
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Carries _____, _____ & other needed materials to cells nutrients oxygen
Carries _________ & other _______ away from cells carbon dioxide wastes
Blood helps fight ______ & heal ______. disease wounds
Helps maintain body _________ & _________. temperature homeostasis
The circulatory system is made up of the Heart Blood Vessels & Blood
The right side pumps blood to _______ & left side pumps blood to _______… separated by a thick muscular wall called the ________. lungs body septum
Upper two chambers are called the _____________& receive blood into the heart… atria (1 atrium)
…the lower two chambers are __________ that have thick muscles to pump blood out of the heart. ventricles
Upper & lower chambers are separated by _____ that keep blood from flowing backward. valves
Blood vessels… Arteries Capillaries Veins
Muscular blood vessels that carry blood _____ from the heart. Arteries away
Pulmonaryartery Carries blood from heart to lungs. The only artery that does not carry oxygenated blood.(exception)
Aorta largest human artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.
Capillaries smallest blood vessels where substances enter and leave by the process of diffusion (passively travelling through the capillary wall)
carry blood ______ the heart from the body. Veins… toward
Pulmonary vein Carries blood from ___________. The only vein that carries oxygenated blood. lungs to heart
Blood is unique because it is the only ________. liquid tissue
Blood is made up of… Plasma Red blood cells White blood cells Platelets
liquid part of the blood Plasma…
pick up oxygen in lungs & carry it to the body cells… Red blood cells…
White blood cells… are also made in the bone marrow & are the body’s ____________ and ______________… disease fighters clean up crew
Platelets Cell fragments that cause blood to _____ to stop bleeding. clot