Circulatory system

What is the circulatory system?

The system that controls the steady movement of blood through the body

What are the parts of the circulatory system?

heart, blood vessels, blood

What does blood do?

Carries materials to cells and carries waste products away from cells.

What are the parts of the heart?

left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle

What are the three types of blood vessels?

arteries, veins, capillaries

What are arteries?

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

What are capillaries?

Microscopic, one cell-thick vessels that connect arterioles and venules

What are veins?

Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?

veins

Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

arteries

How do veins regulate blood pressure?

The compression of muscles around them

How do arteries regulate blood pressure?

They are thicker and more elastic to manage the high pressures

Name number 1

superior vena cava

name number 2

pulmonary artery

name number 3

pulmonary vein

name number 4

mitral valve

name number 5

aortic valve

name number 6

left ventricle

name number 7

right ventricle

name number 8

left atrium

name number 9

right atrium

name number 10

aorta

name number 11

Pulmonary valve

name number 12

Tricuspid valve

name number 13

Inferior vena cava