What Is It?

Anatomy of the Circulatory System

Directions:
1. Print double-sided.
2. Cut out and color each card.
3. Read the clues on the front of the card and see if you can
figure out what part of the circulatory system is on the back.
4. Turn the card over to see the answer and find out if you were
right!

1. It consists of the top two

1. It is a muscle that pumps
chambers of the heart that
blood to all parts of the body.
are split into left and right
2. It is made up of four
sides.
chambers.
2. It receives blood from the
3. It is main organ of the
veins and sends blood down
circulatory system.
to the ventricles.
What is it? What is it?

1. It consists of the bottom two

chambers of the heart.
2. It received blood from the
atria.
3. Its left side sends blood to the
body while the right side
sends blood to the lungs.
What is it?
1. It is a type of blood vessel.
2. It carries oxygenated blood
away from the heart.
3. The aorta is the largest type
of this.
What is it?
 What Is It?
Anatomy of the Circulatory System

Heart

Atria

Ventricles

Arteries
1. It is a type of blood vessel.
2. It carries deoxygenated blood
to the heart.
3. The vena cava is the largest
type of this.
What is it?
1. It circulates throughout the
body to deliver oxygen and
remove waste.
2. Hemoglobin gives it a red
color.
3. It is made up of four parts:
plasma, platelets, red blood
cells, and white blood cells.
What is it?
1. It is the tiny branches of
veins.
2. It drains blood from
capillaries into veins so the
blood can go back to the
heart.
What is it?
1. It is located in the heart and
veins.
2. It works like a door to make
sure blood flows in the right
direction and not backwards.
What is it?
1. It is the smallest type of blood
vessel.
2. Its thin walls are only one cell
thick and allow oxygen,
nutrients, and waste to pass
through.
What is it?
1. It is the tiny branches of
arteries.
2. It regulates the speed and
flow of blood to other tissues
throughout the body.
What is it?
 Mitral
Valve

Right
Pulmonary
Veins Tricuspid
Valve

Veins Valves

Blood

Capillaries

Venules Arterioles