The circulatory system

CAPILLARIES
circulates blood and other veins
substances in our body. It is
formed by the blood, blood ARTERIES CAVITITES
vessels and the heart. The HEART
blood vessels distribute the BLOOD
oxygen and nutrients
around our body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ONXd_-anM
VESSELS
Watch this video to learn about the circulatory system:

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE WORDS ABOVE WHICH of the

above...? 
Carry blood from the heart
TO the organs?__________

Carry blood form the organs

TO the heart?_______

Connect the arteries and the

veins?_________

DID YOU KNOW??

An average human heart beats more than 30
million times per year!!
If all your blood vessels were joined together
end to end they would stretch two and a half
time around the Earth!!

WHAT TWO THINGS DOES THE HEART DO WHEN IT BEATS? Use the words in the
box to complete the sentences
contracts
It ________and allows blood to ________ expands
It _________and allows blood to _________into the vessels enter
flow out
NOW, ORDER THE SENTENCES FOR THE CIRCULATORY PROCESS:
In all organs it leaves oxygen and nutrients that they need to work and collect the waste.
The blood flows through the capillaries to the organs.
In the intestine it collects nutrients from the digestion of food.
In the alveoli it takes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
The blood leaves the heart. The walls of the heart contract and push blood through the arteries. The arteries
carry blood to the organs.
The blood returns to the heart via the capillaries and veins.
 KEY
ARTERIES

VEINS

HEART

CAVITITES

BLOOD VESSELS

CAPILLARIES

WHICH of the above...? 

Carry blood from the heart to the organs? ARTERIES

Carry blood form the organs to the heart? VEINS

Connect the arteries and the veins? CAPILLARIES

WHAT TWO THINGS DOES THE HEART DO WHEN IT BEATS? Use the words
in the box to complete the sentences
It EXPANDS and allows blood to ENTER
It CONTRACTS and allows blood to FLOW OUT into the vessels

NOW, ORDER THE SENTENCES FOR THE CIRCULATORY PROCESS:

The blood leaves the heart. The walls of the heart contract and push blood through the arteries. The arteries carry
blood to the organs
The blood flows through the capillaries to the organs.
In the alveoli it takes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
In the intestine it collects nutrients from the digestion of food
In all oxygen it leaves oxygen and nutrients that the organs need to work and collect the waste
The blood returns to the heart via the capillaries and veins.