12.2 Circulatory System

What does Blood Contain

Blood contains Oxygen, Red Blood cells, white blood cells, and nutrients

What happens in your circulatory system?

First your heart pumps the blood out of it. Then it will push all of the blood throughout the body. When it gets to the lower body it will release all of the useless

what does the blood do with the intestines

When the blood enters the intestine it collects all of the nutrients and takes the nutrients that is needs. All of the left overs are waste and is then sent out of the body.

What does it do in your lungs

Inside of your lungs the oxygen that you breath in goes into the lungs and is put into the blood then the carbon dioxide that is in the blood leaves the blood goes into the lungs and is released when you exhale.

Where is the right ventricle

The right ventricle is on the right side under the atricle

How does the blood change it's appearance

The true color of the blood is red. But from our eyes if the blood has more oxygen it will look more blue. But if it has less oxygen it will appear closer to green

How long is the circulatory system

The whole system is almost a quarter mile long

Why do pictures show one side as being red and the other blue

They do this to show which side is pushing the blood out of the heart and through the body. The other color means that this is taking the blood that has traveled throughout the body back into the body.

What is a Capilary

A capilary is a smaller vessel that breaks of from the larger vessels.

What is a centricle

A centricle is the smallest of blood vessels

What is an artery

An artery is the thickest vessel in the system

What color is your blood

The color of the blood is always red but it is the amount of oxygen that can change the appearance

Where is the left atricle

The left atricle is on the left side above the ventricle