CIRCULATORY

SYSTEM
RAISSA N. MABANES
Reporter
 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
(Cardiovascular System)
FUNCTIONS:
1.Deliver oxygen and nutrients to
all body cells.
2.Remove carbon dioxide and
other waste products from the
cells.
 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
is made up of three major parts:

1. Heart
2. Blood
3. Blood vessel
Heart
- A pear shaped muscular organ about
the size of your fist.

- It is located in the middle of the chest

cavity, with the lower end pointed to
the left.

-The pumping station of the circulatory

system.
 The heart is
made up of four
chambers. The
upper two are
called atria; the
lower two, the
ventricles.
Blood vessel
-The blood circulates
through the body by
means of tubes that
vary in size as well as
in function.
Classes of blood vessels:
• Arteries carry blood away
from the heart.
• Veins carry blood to the
heart.
• Capillaries allow exchange
of nutrients, wastes and
gases.
 Arteries
• These are
relatively
large, elastic,
thick-walled,
and lined
with smooth
muscle.
 Capillaries
• Body tissues contain a vast
network of thin capillaries.
• Capillary walls are only one
cell thick, allowing exchange
of gases, nutrients, and
wastes.
• Capillaries are so fine that
RBCs must line up single-file
to go through them.
 Veins
• These are large, somewhat
inelastic and have thinner
walls than arteries.
• Veins have fewer smooth
muscle cells, but do have
valves which prevent the
blood from flowing
backward.
 Blood
• The average adult has about 4 to
6 liters of blood, making up 8%
of our body weight.
• The four components are:
1. The liquid portion
Plasma
2. The formed elements
Red blood cells (RBC)
White blood cells (WBC)
Platelets
 Plasma
• Plasma is the liquid portion
of blood. About 55% of our
blood is plasma, and
containing dissolved
nutrients, oxygen, mineral
salts, enzymes and
antibodies.
 Red blood cells
• RBCs lose their nucleus
at maturity.
• Make up about 99% of
the blood’s cellular
component.
• Red color is due to
hemoglobin.
White blood cells
• These cells defend against
disease by recognizing
proteins that do not belong to
the body.
• White cells are able to ooze
through the walls of
capillaries to patrol the tissues
and reach the lymph system.
 Platelets
• Platelets are cell fragments
used in blood clotting.
• These are tiny, colorless,
disk-like bodies, much
smaller than RBCs. These
bodies assist in the process
of making the blood clot
when a blood vessel is cut.
Movement of the blood through the
body is called circulation.
QUIZ
1. Blood vessel that carry blood
away from the heart is _______.
A.vein
B.capillary
C.artery
D.valve
2. The following choices below are the
functions of circulatory system,
EXCEPT…
A. Delivers oxygen to all body cells.
B. Removes carbon dioxide and other
waste products from the cells.
C. Delivers nutrients to all parts of the
body.
D. Digests food and nutrients in the body.
3. ______ is the liquid portion of
the blood.
A. plasma
B. red blood cell
C. white blood cell
D. platelet
4. Movement of the blood through
the body is called ____.
A. regulation
B. circulation
C. digestion
D. inhalation
5. Heart is also known as the
_______ station of the body.
A. pumping
B. gas
C. love
D. skin
6. What are the main parts of the
circulatory system?
A. blood vessel, blood, skin
B. blood, blood vessel, brain
C. heart, blood, brain
D. heart, blood, blood vessel
7. A tube that vary in size as well as
where blood circulates through the
body.
A. blood vessel
B. blood
C. heart
D. plasma
8. It makes up about 99% of the
blood’s cellular component.

A. platelet
B. plasma
C. RBC
D. WBC
9. These bodies assist in the process of
making the blood clot when a blood
vessel is cut.
A. platelet
B. plasma
C. RBC
D. WBC
10. A pear shaped muscular organ that is
responsible in pumping the blood that
carries oxygen throughout the body.
A. blood
B. artery
C. blood vessel
D. heart