Science

Circulatory System

Test- 12/21/12

function: moves blood around the body, the blood transport oxygen, nutrients, & wastes organs: ATERIES, VEINS, CAPPILIARIES blood flows 1. heart- brain- heart- lungs-heart 2. heart- liver- heart- lungs stomachintestine- liver heart 3. heart- kidney- lungs-- heart 4. heart- leg- muscles- lung- heart FYTI The blood that flows to help your lung ahs carbon dioxide and does not have oxygen. As the blood goes through the lungs it drops off carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. The blood picks up nutrients in the small intestine.

Function Pumps blood Brings oxygen into body Carries carbon dioxide out of body Absorb nutrients Removes wastes from blood

Organs Heart Lungs Lungs Small intestine kidneys

Function: Supports body/ give it its shape Allow movement Protects your organs Make blood cells Store minerals

Function of Muscular System Controls voluntary & involuntary movement in your body. Voluntary= you think about it (raising your hand) Involuntary= you dont think about it (your heart beating, your stomach moving) Vocabulary: Bones- living tissue of bones surrounded by minerals Joints- the place where 2 bones meets Tendons- attaches muscles to bone Ligament- connect one to another Calcium- a mineral that makes bones hard & that is needed through out the body. If your do not have enough calcium in your diet, your body will take it from your bones, making weaker.