Mapa conceptual corazon

arterias
 circulatory sistem

Heart vessels Blood

arteries capillaries veins

Carry blood from heart
Large vessels
to tissues of body.
Important for bringing Many found near Once blood has passed
Carry oxygen rich Thick walls-need to nutrients and oxygen to Largest veins contain
skeletal muscles. through the capillary Walls contains
blood, with the withstand pressure tissues and absorbing Walls are only one cell one way valves that
Smallest blood vessels When systems it must be connective tissue and
exception of pulmonary produced when heart thick and very narrow. keep blood flowing
CO2 and other waste muscles contract, blood returned to the heart. smooth muscle.
arteries. pushes blood into them. toward heart.
products. is forced through veins. Done by veins
 Circulatory sistem

oxigen-poor
Oxigen-rich blood
blood

Right side of the Left side of the

heart heart