Circulatory And Respiratory System
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What are the five main functions of the circulatory system?
• Maintaining body temperature • Fighting disease • Carrying chemicals • Carrying food, water, and oxygen • Removing waste from the cells
Which direction do veins carry blood?
To the heart
Which directions to arteries carry blood?
Away from the heart
What is the purpose of the capillaries?
To allow gas exchange
If I am a red blood cell in the Longs, where is my next stop?
Left atrium
If I am a red blood cell in the body where is my next stop?
Right atrium
If I’m a red blood cell in the right ventricle where is my next stop?
Lungs
Where is the circulatory system get the oxygen it is responsible for delivering?
From the lungs
Each upper chamber of the heart is called a/an
Atrium
Each lower chamber of the heart is called a/an
Ventricle
The left side of the heart pumps oxygen rich blood to the______ while the right side of the heart pumps oxygen poor blood to the______.
Body Lungs
Where does the exchange of blood and oxygen take place in the lungs?
Capillaries
What are the four components to Blood?
• Platelets • Plasma • Red blood cells • White blood cells
What do red blood cells do?
Red blood cells transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the cells.
What do white blood cells do?
White blood cells identify and destroy pathogens(disease causing microorganisms)
What do platelets do?
Platelets are involved in blood clotting and regeneration of connective tissue.
What part of Blood with Cheerios represent and why?
Red blood cells because they are similar in shape and size.
Your body needs oxygen in order to get______ from the food you eat.
Energy
There are six places oxygen needs to travel through on its way through the respiratory system to the circulatory system lets them in order.
• Nasal cavity • Pharynx • Trachea • Bronchi • Bronchioles • Alvioli
What is the purpose of the bronchi?
To lead the oxygen into the lungs.
What is the purpose of the alveoli?
To exchange the oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What does the nasal cavity do?
Filters and warms the air that goes to the lungs.
What is another name for your windpipe?
Trachea
What is another name for the throat?
Pharynx