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o The HEART
o The ARTERIES
o The VEINS
o The CAPILLARIES
o The RED and WHITE BLOOD CELLS
o The PLATELETS
o The PLASMA
Ques 3: The above information is about the functions of the Circulatory System: write
down the parts of blood which is responsible for the individual function.
ie. Choose from PLASMA, WBC, RBC, PLATELETS
Ques 4: Draw the diagrams of white blood cell, red blood cell and platelet.
The 'DOUBLE' pump of the
Human Heart
1. Deoxygenated blood FROM
THE BODY entering the
heart
2. The RIGHT ATRIUM
3. The VALVES prevent blood
flowing the wrong way
when the atria and
ventricles contract
4. The RIGHT VENTRICLE
5. The thicker walled LEFT
VENTRICLE
6. The LEFT ATRIUM
7. Oxygenated blood FROM
THE LUNGS entering the
heart
8. Oxygenated blood leaving
the heart and flowing TO
THE BODY
Ques 6: Why is the Left Ventricle THICKER than the Right Ventricle?
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The following information is about the 3 different types of blood vessels our body:
Arteries always carry blood away from the heart. (Remember: AAA)
All arteries carry OXYGENATED blood
except the one carrying blood from the
heart TO THE LUNGS.
Arteries have:
o THICKER WALLS
o SMALLER LUMEN
o MORE ELASTIC and MORE MUSCLE FIBRES
o NO VALVES
o THINNER WALLS
o LARGER LUMEN
o LESS ELASTIC and LESS
MUSCLE FIBRES
o VALVES to help blood return to the heart
Capillaries are microscopic and their walls are only ONE CELL THICK.
They have NO VALVES and they LINK ARTERIES to VEINS.
FOOD and OXYGEN pass out through the thin walls into the cells and WASTE and
CARBON DIOXIDE enter the blood and are carried
away.
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Ques 10: What is a vein? - VAT
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Ques 11: Give 2 differences between a vein and an artery.
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Ques 12: Why capillaries are very thin?
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Ques 13: What types of substances are carried away from cells into the capillaries?
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Cardiovascular disease
The formation of plague
Coronary artery Disease is very common among the middle age people group.