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Science: Chapter 15-1
What is the circulatory system?
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6th Grade
12/02/2007

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Term

What term means

the movement of blood

through the body?

Definition
circulation
Term

What are the 3 parts

of the circulatory system?

Definition

1) heart

2) blood vessels

3) blood

Term
Do we have an open or closed circulatory system?
Definition
closed circulatory system
Term

What are the

3 types of blood vessels

that form our continuous,

closed circulatory system?

Definition

1) artery

2) vein

3) capillary

Term

What is the main job

of the circulatory system?

Definition

to transport (move) materials

around your body.

Term

Name some things

that your circulatory system transports (moves).

Definition

1) food and oxygen

2) wastes

3) WBC (white blood cells - to fight disease)

4) hormones

5) heat

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