Circulatory System + Arteries + Veins

Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange

Removes waste from body cells

Clotting, and transporting white blood cells to infections

Carries energy and food throughout the body

Helps to maintain pH and temperature

Transfers hormones to organs

A muscular, four-chambered pump that drives the circulatory system

A fibrous sac that encloses the heart

An elastic vessel with thick walls to maintain high pressure while carrying blood away from the heart

A thin-walled vessel that carries dexygenated blood to the heart

A microscopic vessel that forms a network between arteries, veins, and body tissues

Consists of lymphatic vessels and tissues (tonsils, thymus, spleen, lymph nodes) that play an important role in immunity and disease prevention

Bean-shaped structures located throughout the body that produce lymphocytes and monocytes, and filters bacteria, foreign bodies, and malignant cells

Largest lymph organ, produces lymphocytes and monocytes, stores red blood cells and iron, and destroys old red blood cells

Right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle, and aorta

The largest artery that sends blood from the heart to the body

Branches from the aorta to send blood to the head and right side of the body

Run up both sides of the neck and supply blood to the head

Wraps around the exterior of the heart and supply blood to the heart muscle

Wraps under lower jaw and is used to take the pulse on a horse or cow

Runs down the inside hind leg; used to take the pulse on a cat or a dog

Supplies blood to the intestines

Supplies blood to the kidney

Carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs