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The functions are
transportation of
nutrients
transportation of
oxygen
removal of
waste products
Clotting
of
wounds
regulation
of
body temperature
Transport of oxygen is when
oxygen
is carries to
working
muscles
and
vital
organs
for
energy
production
Removal of waste products is when
carbon dioxide
is carried
out
of the body as it is a
by product
Transport of nutrients is when
nutrients
are
broken
down
from the food we eat and
teansported
in the
body
through the
blood
Clotting if open wounds is when
platelets
form a
plug
at a
wound
to stop
bleeding
Regulation of body temperature is when the
blood vessels vasodilate
and
vasoconstirct
to change
temperature
Semilunar valves are between the
pulmonary artery
and
pulmonary vein
Vena cava is the main
vein
bringing
deoxygenated
blood
back
to
the heart
Aorta is the main
artery
and carries
oxygenated
blood
away
from
the left
ventricle
Pulmonary artery receives deoxygenated blood from the
right ventricle
to take to the
lungs
Pulmonary vein
brings
oxygenated
blood from the
lungs
to the
left
atriumx
Oxygenated blood goes in the
pulmonary
vein
and out the
aorta
Deoxygenated blood goes In the
vena cava
and out the
pulmonary artery