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CSEC Human and Social Biology

The Circulatory System


Worksheet
1. Fill in the blank spaces describing blood vessels, with the following terms.

Thick Inelastic Throughout the body

Thin High To the Heart

Elastic Low Away from the Heart

Arteries Veins Capillaries

Direction they
carry blood

Blood Pressure

Walls

Elasticity

2. Fill in the blanks.

a. __________________________ is the largest vein in the body that takes


blood from all of the body and returns to the ______________ atrium of
the heart.
b. ____________________ is the largest artery in the body.
c. The _____________________ vein sends oxygenated blood back to the
heart from the lungs.
d. The _________________________ artery carry deoxygenated blood
from the heart to the lungs.

3. What are the 3 main functions of blood?


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4. What are the 4 parts of the blood?


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5. Label the missing parts of the human heart.

6. Describe the COMPLETE journey of blood around the body.


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