THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Our circulatory system transports the nutrients we eat and the oxygen we
breathe to our organs, bones, brain and muscles.

Stages:

- When blood enters the heart, its pumped to the lungs.

- In the lungs, the red blood cells absorb oxygen.
- The oxygenated blood is pumped back into the heart.
- The heart pumps the oxygenated blood around the body through blood vessels,
arteries (wide tubes that carry a lot of blood), veins (narrow tubes that carry
small quantities of blood) and capillaries (connect the smallest arteries to the
smallest veins).

Blood heart lungs (red blood cells) oxygen oxygenated blood heart
blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries)
Whats blood made up of?

Our blood contains 3 types of cells:

- Red blood cells: absorb oxygen in the lungs and transport it to the organs and
muscles.
- White blood cells: fight germs and infections in our body.
- Platelets: help to stop bleeding when we have a cut.

THE HEART

It has four chambers: the two upper chambers are called the atria and the two lower
chambers are called ventricles.

When blood goes into the heart, it enters the atria and goes to the ventricles.

When the ventricels contract, they push the blood out of the heart.
Enlaces:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zabVr2bGrik Funcionamiento del cuerpo

humano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuwcgaU26sQ Fisiologa del corazn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1PeMWKhUPw Erase una vez el cuerpo

humano El corazn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eVG45_iF9U How your heart works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0s-1MC1hcE The circulatory song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_q6o_7CT_U The circulatory system and

cardiovascular system