HW: A Closer look at Blood Vessels worksheet
Current Events #9-12 Friday. Quiz Friday.
DO NOW:
1. Hand in your ABO
lab
2. Interpret this cartoon
at the top of your
page.
12/1/15
Interpret this cartoon
The Body’s Transport System Pkt
Body
Left side
of Heart
Circulatory
Blood
Vessels
Needed substances (nutrients),
waste, hormones, cells that fight
disease
Pushes blood through blood
vessels around the body
Atria
2
Receives
blood
Ventricles
2
Pumps
blood
Valve
Pacemaker
Oxygen
Adjusts heart rate according to
bodies oxygen needs
Artery, veins and capillaries
R.A  R.V.  Pulmonary Artery 
lungs  pulmonary Vein –> L.A.
Aorta
A is for ARTERY!!
Structure:
Function:
a) thick walls
a) Carry Oxygen Rich
blood AWAY from the
heart
b)three layers of tissue.
c) Strong and flexible to
withstand high blood
pressure pumped by
the heart.
d)High Pressure
b) Artery=Away
c) Most carry oxygen
rich blood, except the
pulmonary artery
carries oxygen poor
blood to the lungs
C is for Capillary!! (Not Cookie!)
Structure:
a) Thin wall
b) ONE CELL THICK!
Function:
Artery
Capillaries
Vein
a) material exchange
between blood and
body cells
b) This process happens
by (DIFFUSION!!!!)
What substances diffuse between capillaries and the body cells?
Structure:
V is for VEINS!
a) three layers of tissue
b) thinner than arteries.
c) Contains valves:
prevent the backflow
of blood
Function:
a) returns blood back to the heart
b) Low pressure
c) Most carry oxygen poor blood, except
for the pulmonary vein that carries
oxygen rich blood from the lungs
Blood Vessel Comparison
Blood vessels are tubes that carry blood throughout the body
3 different kinds of blood vessels
Blood vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart
The largest artery in your body that carries oxygen rich blood away from the heart
Blood vessels that carry blood TOWARD the heart
Capillaries
C
A
B
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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Goldfish
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BrainPop
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Blood Types
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