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transport
circulatory
Carbon
dioxide
atmosphere
lungs
nutrients
energy
blood
intestine
regulate
oxygen
temperature
liquid
veins
system
capillaries
vessels
heart
waste
arteries
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Use the words in the box below to fill in the gaps in this explanation of the Circulatory
System
veins
transport
circulatory
blood
arteries
oxygen
lungs
heart
nutrients
energy
carbon dioxide
pumped
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intestine
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All animals need to transport materials around to the different parts of their
body. This is the job of the circulatory system. The circulatory system consists
of a liquid called blood, a pump called the heart and a series of vessels called
veins and arteries.
One thing that must be transported around is a gas called oxygen. Oxygen
enters the blood through the lungs. It is then pumped through the heart and
around the body where it is used along with food to make energy. The body
produces another gas called carbon dioxide which is a waste product. This gas is
carried back to the heart and then to the lungs where it is released back into
the atmosphere.
The vessels that transport blood away from the heart are called arteries. The
blood in arteries is bright red because it is rich in oxygen. The vessels that
transport blood to the heart are called veins. The blood in veins is dark red
because it is low in oxygen. Capillaries are small vessels that join the arteries
and veins.
Nutrients from food are also transported around the body by the circulatory
system. They enter the blood from the small intestine. The circulatory system
also helps to regulate temperature by transporting heat around the body.
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The circulatory system is made up of the vessels and the muscles that help and
control the flow of the blood around the body. This process is called circulation.
The main parts of the system are the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins.
The centre of the circulatory system is the heart, which is the main pumping
mechanism. The heart is made of muscle. The heart is hollow so that it can fill
up with blood. The heart is positioned behind the ribcage and between the
lungs. It is the pump that keeps this transport system moving. The blood is the
transport system by which oxygen and nutrients reach the body's cells, and
waste materials are carried away.
First, oxygen is inhaled into the lungs and passes through the capillary walls
into the bloodstream. The blood is a brighter red as it is rich in oxygen that we
have inhaled from the lungs.
Then the veins carry the blood to the left side of the heart. It enters the left
ventricle which is the lower chamber of the heart before being pumped through
to the upper chamber called the left atrium.
Next, the left side of the heart pumps the blood through the largest artery
called the aorta and through to rest of the body. Then the oxygen is released
to the cells. This is important for the cells in the brain and the body to do their
work. The oxygenated blood travels throughout the body in its system of
arteries into the smallest arterioles.
The tubes that carry blood away from your heart are called arteries. They're
hoses that carry blood pumped under high pressure to smaller and smaller
branched tubes called capillaries. The tubes that more gently drain back to the
heart are veins.
On its way back to the heart, the blood travels through a system of veins.
Carbon dioxide (a waste product) is picked up by the blood. It is taken by two
large veins to the right side of the heart. Blood enters the vena cava and goes
into the right atrium down to the right ventricle.
Then the right side of the heart pumps the blood through the arteries to the
lungs. As it reaches the lungs, the Carbon dioxide exits the blood through the
capillary walls. The lungs expel the carbon dioxide. It is then replaced with
fresh oxygen that we have inhaled through the lungs. Then the process begins
all over again.
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inhaled
aorta
heart
veins
Tubes that carry blood away from the heart.
arteries
Gas inhaled through the lungs
oxygen
Waste product gas exhaled through the lungs.
Carbon dioxide
Finer vessels or tubes that transport blood
capillaries
ventricle
atrium
vena cava
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10. Explain why blood could be slightly different in colour when going through the circulatory
system.
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and replaced with fresh oxygen that we have inhaled through the lungs. Then
the process began all over again.
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Then the right side of the heart pumps the blood through the arteries to
the lungs.
As it reaches the lungs, Carbon dioxide is expelled through the capillary
walls. The lungs expel the carbon dioxide and replace it with fresh
oxygen. Then the process begins all over again.
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Explanation Title:
Explanation Introduction
Explanation Sequence