tyler lynch

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The Circulation of Blood!

1 The heart, though simple in its form and
2 function, has an incredible job to perform. The heart
3 is a strong muscle that pumps blood to all parts of the
4 body. It is located in the center of the chest, behind
5 the sternum, or breastbone, and is shaped like a pear.
6 In an average healthy adult, it is about the size of a
7 large clenched fist. The heart beats approximately 60
8 to 100 times a minute, or about 100,000 times each
9 day. Its function is to pump blood to all parts of the
10 body through blood vessels called veins and arteries.
11 The blood carries oxygen and nutrients to all body
12 cells and carries waste products like carbon dioxide
13 away from the cells to be removed from the body.
14 The circulatory system is comprised of many parts
15 that all work together to ensure that blood flows
16 through the heart and the entire human body in several steps.

17 In order for the body to survive, it requires oxygen and nutrients and a
18 means of removing waste products from the cells. The circulatory system
19 provides the means of delivering oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to each cell. It
20 is also responsible for transporting waste products to be removed from the
21 body. The heart is the main pump and the engine of the circulatory system. The
22 system includes the heart, the lungs, the arteries and arterioles, the capillaries,
23 and the veins and venules.

24 On the right side of the heart, the right atrium receives oxygen-depleted
25 blood through the veins of the body. It then flows to the right ventricle where it
26 is pumped through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs. The blood vessels in the
27 lungs, the arterioles, gradually become smaller, ending in the capillaries, which
28 are not much larger than the blood cells that they carry. These capillaries have
29 very thin walls through which the blood cells exchange the waste product
30 carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen. In the lungs, carbon dioxide is removed from
31 the blood, and fresh oxygen is added to the blood with each breath. The
32 oxygen-rich blood then travels from the lungs, through increasingly larger
33 vessels, which are venules and veins, to the left atrium of the heart. Following
34 this, it flows into the left ventricle, which is the strongest part of the heart
35 muscle. The left ventricle then pumps the blood into the aorta.

36 The contraction of the left ventricle is so powerful that the blood travels
37 through all the arteries in the body to every cell. The arteries, which supply
38 blood to all parts of the body, branch off the aorta. The blood circulates through
39 the body via the arteries to smaller vessels called arterioles and then to
40 capillaries, which deliver oxygen to the tissues in the body and allow the
41 exchange of nutrients and waste products in every cell of the body. The
42 deoxygenated blood enters slightly larger vessels called venules and then to
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43 larger vessels called veins, which carry it back through the body. On the way
44 back, many of the waste products picked up are filtered out by the kidneys and
45 the liver. The blood eventually reaches the right side of the heart to begin its
46 circuit through the body once again.
47 In conclusion, the circulatory system is the most important system in
48 humans. It is responsible for pumping blood throughout the entire human body.
49 The main component of the circulatory system is the heart. With all the parts
50 working together, following a particular process, blood moves through the
51 heart and the entire human body.

Answer the following questions using complete sentences:

the heart is a pumpthat pumps blood ll around the body

1. Define the heart: __________________________________________________________

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2. The heart beats about _________ times a minute.

3. Which of the following is not a function of the blood that is pumped by the heart?
a) carrying oxygen to cells b) carrying nutrients to cells
c) carrying carbon dioxide to all parts of the body d) carrying waste products away from cells
oxygen
4. What does the body need in order to survive?___________________________________
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the heart, Arterys, blood vesills, ad veins
5. What does the circulatory system include? _____________________________________
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6. What does the contraction of the left ventricle do?

a) sends blood to the heart
b) exchanges oxygen and nutrients and waste products
c) causes blood to travel through all the arteries to every body cell
d) sends blood to the aorta
it means to take cells from the heart all over the body.
7. What does “transporting” in line 20 mean? _____________________________________

8. Where does the circulation of blood begin?

a) from the lungs b) from the left ventricle
c) from the right side of the heart d) all of the above
9. What does “depleted” in line 24 mean?
a) rich b) decreased c) filled d) emptied
10. Give one interesting fact about the left ventricle.
the left ventricle is the place where blood starts its journey

11. Create a flow chart of the pathway of blood. Use the article to find the starting point,
middle points, and end.