CILCULATORY SYSTEM

• Cilculatory system

  • Transports blood with oxygen from the lungs
  • Distributes nutrients from the digestive system to the cells in the body and remove waste products to be excreted
• Heart

  • Pumps the blood throughout the body
  • Has 4 chambers
  • Top 2 chambers are called atria
  • Bottom 2 chambers are called ventricles
• Blood

  • transport throughout the body and carries various subtances
• Pulmonary circuit

  • A short blood system that circulates blood between the lungs and the heart
• Systemic circuit

  • A longer blood system that circulates blood from the heart throughout the different parts of the body
• Blood vessels

  • Carries the blood throughout the body
  • Arteries (A); Away from the body
  • Veins (V); Back to the body