Name:________________________

Date:________________________
ZIGAR

The Circulatory System

When we breathe in, _______________________ goes into our ____________________ where it is picked
up by blood cells. From the lungs, the blood travels to the ______________ side of the heart.
The oxygenated blood first enters the _________________ ______________________. After the heart
beats, the blood is pushed into the __________________ ____________________. The heart beats again, and
the blood goes into the ___________________________. From here, the blood travels throughout the body
delivering __________________ and ____________________.
Traveling around our body, our red blood cells travels to the human body’s tiniest blood
vessels called ___________________________, which connect the arteries to the _______________. The
_____________________________ are connected to every cell in our body and gives each cell
______________________, while taking away _______________________ ________________________.
This dark blue deoxygenated blood then travels back to the _________________ side of the
heart through the _____________________. The blood enters the _________________ __________________ first.
Then the heart beats, sending the blood into the ____________________ _____________________. The heart
beats again, pumping the blood back to the lungs where ______________________ ______________________
is exhaled, and the circulatory process starts all over.

Words may be used more than once:

veins
right
left
arteries
carbon dioxide
lungs
nutrients
capillaries
oxygen
ventricle
atrium
ANSWER KEY: The Circulatory System
When we breathe in, ___OXYGEN______ goes into our ______LUNGS_____ where it is picked up
by blood cells. From the lungs, the blood travels to the ___LEFT___ side of the heart.
The oxygenated blood first enters the ___LEFT__ _____ATRIUM____. After the heart beats, the
blood is pushed into the __LEFT____ __VENTRICLE_. The heart beats again, and the blood goes into
the ______ARTERIES____. From here, the blood travels throughout the body delivering
__OXYGEN___ and ___NUTRIENTS____.
Traveling around our body, our red blood cells travels to the human body’s tiniest blood
vessels called ___CAPILLARIES___, which connect the arteries to the __VEINS___. The
____CAPILLARIES____ are connected to every cell in our body and gives each cell
_____OXYGEN______, while taking away ______CARBON______ ______DIOXIDE_____.
This dark blue deoxygenated blood then travels back to the ____RIGHT____ side of the heart
through the ____VEINS______. The blood enters the ___RIGHT____ ___ATRIUM_____ first. Then the
heart beats, sending the blood into the ____RIGHT_____ ____VENTRICLE_____. The heart beats
again, pumping the blood back to the lungs where ___CARBON______ ____DIOXIDE______ is exhaled,
and the circulatory process starts all over.