Circulatory System
What is the circulatory system?
The body's
breathing system
The body's
system of nerves
The body's
food-processing system
The body's
blood-transporting system
From what source do cells get their food?
Blood
Oxygen
Other cells
Carbon
dioxide
Why is oxygen important to blood and to the cells?
Which type of blood vessels carries blood away from
the heart?
Veins
Arteries
Capillaries
Arteries,
veins and capillaries
Why is blood that flows from the lungs to the heart
bright red rather than dark red?
What part of the blood carries minerals, vitamins,
sugar, and other foods to the body's cells?
What is the main job of the red corpuscles in the
blood?
Which of the following can best be compared to
soldiers?
Lungs
Capillaries
Red blood
cells
White blood
cells
Which element in the blood is round and colourless?
Plasma
Platelets
Red blood
cells
White blood
cells
What would happen to people who have an open wound and
whose blood did not clot naturally?
They would
bleed to death.
Nothing.
Clotting is not important.
They would have to
take special clotting drugs.
They would
have to take regular doses of plasma.
What happens when a clot occurred in an undamaged
blood vessel?
What happens to blood when it is pumped into the
thin-walled blood vessels of the lungs?
What is the function of the blood vessels and
capillaries?
Why does blood turn dark red as it circulates through
the body?
How many major types of blood have scientists
discovered?
One: Type
"O"
Two: white
cells and red cells
Three: white
cells, red cells, and plasma
Four: Types
A, B, AB, and O
What is the organ that pumps blood all throughout the
human body?
The lungs
The heart
The kidneys
The blood vessels and capillaries
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