Vocabulary - Circulation
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artery a blood vessel that carries blood
heart the organ that pumps blood
away from the heart
throughout the body
In almost all arteries, the blood
The heart is made of muscle. It
carries a lot of oxygen. The artery that
contracts over and over again for your
goes from the heart to the lungs is one
entire lifetime.
exception. It carries blood with little
vein a blood vessel that carries blood
oxygen.
toward the heart
blood a mixture of blood cells and liquid
The blood in veins that go to the
that carries oxygen, nutrients, and other
heart from the body carries little oxygen.
materials throughout the body
The vein that goes to the heart from the
Blood is a tissue. It has blood cells
lungs is an exception. It has blood with a
and platelets fl oating in a liquid called
lot of oxygen.
plasma. The red blood cells carry oxygen
to cells. White blood cells fi ght disease.
Platelets make blood clot when you get
a cut.
capillary a tiny blood vessel that connects
a small artery with a small vein
The capillaries are where oxygen and
carbon dioxide are exchanged between
the cells and the blood. A capillary is so
thin that a single red blood cell can fi t
through it.
HUMAN BODY • SECTION 4 CIRCULATION
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