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MORRIS 2006
 What is the circulatory system?
➢ The circulatory system is a body system that delivers
substance to your cells, and helps to regulate your body
temperature.

What parts make up the circulatory system?

➢ The heart pumps blood through the blood vessels

Why is it important to us?

➢ The Circulatory System delivers nutrients to the parts of the

body that needs it.
 what’s in
digested food
red blood cells white blood cells

oxygen waste (urea)

carbon dioxide platelets

plasma hormones
 The Blood

red blood cell white blood cell

platelets plasma
 Plasma
It also contains useful
things like;

• carbon dioxide
A straw- • glucose
coloured liquid
• amino acids
that carries the
cells and the • proteins
platelets which
• minerals
help blood
clot. • vitamins
• hormones
• waste materials
like urea.
 Red Blood Cells
contain haemoglobin, a
molecule specially designed to
a biconcave disc that is round
hold oxygen and carry it to cells
and flat without a nucleus
that need it.

can change shape to an

amazing extent, without
breaking, as it squeezes single
file through the capillaries.
 White Blood Cells

there are many different types and all

contain a big nucleus.

the two main ones are the lymphocytes

and the macrophages.

macrophages ‘eat’ and digest micro-

organisms .

some lymphocytes fight disease by making antibodies to destroy invaders

by dissolving them.
other lymphocytes make antitoxins to break down poisons.
Platelets
Platelets are bits of cell
broken off larger cells.

Platelets produce tiny

fibrinogen fibres to
form a net. This net
traps other blood cells
to form a blood clot.
 Why are blood vessels important?
Blood vessels are important because they send blood
to every part of the body

What are the three main types of blood vessels? List

them in order from largest to smallest.

a. Arteries
b. Veins
c. Capillaries
 The ARTERY
Arteries carry blood away from the heart.

Arteries can be found

throughout your body

Arteries carry oxygen-

Arteries are made of thick rich blood and nutrients
muscle and elastic fibres
to your body
 The VEIN
Veins carry blood toward the heart.

Veins can be found

throughout the body.

Veins are made of

thin muscle and
elastic fibres Veins take away dissolved waste from
the cells
 The CAPILLARY

Capillaries link the Arteries with the Veins

Capillaries can be found

throughout the body. A
majority of blood vessels
are capillaries.

The wall of a capillary

is only one cell thick.
Capillaries connect the arteries
to the veins. They are thin and
allow oxygen to pass through
to the cells and help get rid of
waste.
 The CAPILLARY
A collection of capillaries is known as a capillary bed.

artery vein

capillaries
body cell
 SUMMARY

away from the heart. The walls of an artery are

Arteries take blood ______

muscular walls and elastic fibres. Veins carry blood

made up of thick _________

towards capillaries link arteries

________ the heart and also have valves. The _________

and veins, and have a one cell thick wall. Blood is made up of four main

thingsplasma
______, the liquid part of the blood; Red Blood Cells to carry

oxygen
______; White Blood cells to protect the body from disease and

platelets
_________ to help blood clot.
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