Pumped Picks up oxygen from lungs → muscles

around by
90% water heart Transports Red blood
Returns carbon dioxide from muscles → lungs
Animals substances cells
including
Humans White blood cells Fight microbes

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Platelets Causes blood to clot

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Glucose & Oxygen Releases energy from food

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Other

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Carbon dioxide Waste gas produced in muscles

Removed via lungs

Nutrients, hormones,
waste

Double pump
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RHS low
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Transports blood oxygen high
d v LHS oxygen carbon dioxide
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Blood Valves to prevent backflow rich
transported B Blood oxygen rich
through
* Pulmonary artery not oxygen rich

4 chambers Top chambers: left and

Arteries Thick = withstand high pressure
right atrium

Blood high levels carbon dioxide

veins * Pulmonary vein oxygen rich Bottom chambers: left and

right ventricles
3 main
types Valves = stop back flow

LHS blood → head &

Very thin = allows nutrients and gas to RHS blood → lungs =
capillaries rest of body
pass through remove oxygen; pick up
carbon dioxide