The Circulatory System

The main organ of the circulatory system

Receives oxygen-rich blood

Pumps oxygen-rich blood throughout the body

Receives oxygen-poor blood

Pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Vessels that carry blood towards the heart

The largest artery in the body

Extremely thin vessels which exchange oxygen and nutrients for carbon dioxide and tissue waste

The liquid part of the blood that breaks down the nutrients, minerals, and oxygen

Contains hemoglobin that carries oxygen from your lungs to your cells; carries carbon dioxide from your cells to your lungs

Fights bacteria and viruses to destroy and absorb

Irregularly shaped fragments that help clot blood

A, B, AB, O; positive or negative

The circulation of blood in the blood vessels that supply the heart

Carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart

Carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries

The force of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels