The Heart and Circulatory

System
1st Year Science
 True or False?
Capillaries
Arteries have very
carry blood Capillaries
thick walls
from the connect
heart arteries and Veins carry
veins blood
Veins have towards the
no valves heart
Arteries
carry de-
Arteries oxygenated
carry blood
oxygenated Capillaries
blood Veins have a have valves
large space to prevent
inside the backflow
of blood
 What does the heart do?
• The heart is a muscle that pumps blood around
the body

• It pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs

around the body

• It pumps deoxygenated blood from the body

back to the lungs

Now look at the heart animation!

 Looking at the heart…..
• The right side of my heart pumps blood to
my lungs

• The left side of my heart pumps blood to

the rest of my body

• The heart contains four valves to stop the

backflow of blood
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