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Circulatory SystemName:__________________
Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.

 

_____ arteries 1) pumps blood to entire body
 
_____ veins 2) carry blood away from the heart
 
_____ capillaries 3) stop you from bleeding to death
 
_____ pulse 4) red blood cells-white blood cells-platelets
 
_____ aorta 5) pumps blood to lungs
 
_____ plasma 6) carry blood to the heart
 
_____ formed elements 7) delivers oxygen rich blood to every cell in body
 
_____ red blood cells 8) surge of blood
 
_____ platelets 9) force blood puts on vessels
 
_____ white blood cells 10) divides heart into two sides
 
_____ blood pressure 11) receives oxygen poor blood
 
_____ heart 12) connects atriums to ventricles
 
_____ right atria 13) branches off the heart and then divides into smaller arteries
 
_____ left atria 14) carry oxygen and carbon dioxide through body
 
_____ right ventricle 15) tiny vessels
 
_____ left ventricle 16) most powerful part of heart
 
_____ left ventricle 17) made mostly of water
 
_____ valve 18) receives oxygen rich blood
 
_____ septum 19) 2
 
_____ How many pumps in the heart 20) keeps you from getting infections