FUNCTIO

Transportation
System
Removes Waste
Materials
Carbon Dioxide
Waste
Delivers Essential
Materials to Body
Oxygen
Food

HEART
Top = atrium
Bottom =
Ventricle
Left =
Oxygenated
Right = Non
Oxygenated

Human
Heart

ARTERIES

Carry blood away

from heart
Oxygenated blood
Larger vessels
Found deeper
under muscles
and skin
Surrounded by
smooth muscle to
help pump blood

Aorta largest artery

in the body

 Carries blood
back to the heart
Non oxygenated
blood
Smaller in size
Found closer to
the surface
Contain valves
to prevent blood
from flowing
backwards

VEINS

Varicose Veins

CAPILLARIES

Microscopic
connection of
vein and
arteries
Place where
nutrients are
exchanged

PLASMA
55% of blood
is plasma
92% of
plasma is
water
Clear liquid
fluid

RED
BLOOD
CELLS
Carry oxygen
and food to
cells
Carry carbon
dioxide and
waste away
from cells

WHITE BLOOD
CELLS
Germ
fighters
Attack
germs that
enter body
and engulf
them

PLATELETS
Help clot
blood
Seals cuts
Prevents
blood loss
from wounds

BLOOD TYPES
A

AB

Mixing blood types

can have serious
side effects
RH Factor
negative does not
have RH factor

BLOOD TYPES
Blood Type

Percentage of People

Can Give To

Can Receive Types

O Positive

38%

O+, A+, B+, AB+

O+, O-

O Negative

7%

All Types

O-

A Positive

34%

A+, AB+

O+, O-, A+, A-

A Negative

6%

A+, A-, AB+, AB-

A-, O-

B Positive

9%

B+, AB+

O+, O-, B+, B-

B Negative

2%

B+, B-, AB+, AB-

B-, O-

AB Positive

3%

AB+

All Types

AB Negative

1%

AB+, AB-

O-, A-, B-, AB-

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/facts
.html

quiz

1. Top chambers of the heart are called.

2. Bottom chambers of the heart are
called
3. Which side of the heart has oxygenated
blood?
4. Name the four components of the blood
5. Name the three types of blood vessels.