PARTS OF THE

CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM
HEART
-pumps the blood
throughout the body.
BLOOD VESSEL
-carries the blood
throughout the body.
BLOOD
-carries the materials
throughout the body.
TYPES OF BLOOD
VESSEL
•ARTERIES
•VEINS
•CAPILLARIES
ARTERIES
-carries oxygenated
blood away from the
heart to the cells,
tissues, and away
from the body.
VEINS
-carries deoxygenated
blood to the heart.
CAPILLARIES
-smallest blood vessel in the body
connecting smallest arteries to
the smallest veins.
-site where gases and nutrients
are exchanged.
 TYPES OF
CIRCULATION
PULMONARY
CIRCULATION
-movement of blood
from the heart, to the
lungs, and back to the
heart.
CORONARY
CIRCULATION
-movement of blood
through the tissues of
the heart.
SYSTEMIC
CIRCULATION
-movement of blood
from the heart to the
rest of the body,
excluding the lungs.